WILLIAMSTON, Mich. – Several public schools are preventing students from watching the presidential inauguration speech today, with at least one teacher blaming the decision Donald Trump’s “past inflammatory and degrading comments.”

Explorer Elementary School teacher Brett Meteyer sent a letter to parents recently informing them that he made the unilateral decision to ban his fourth grade students from watching Trump’s speech after he’s sworn in as the 45th President of the United States this afternoon, Michigan radio host Steve Gruber reports.

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“Because I am concerned about my students and your children being exposed to language and behavior that is not in concert with the most conservative social and family values, I have decided to show the inauguration of Donald Trump this Friday, but we will not view Mr. Trump’s inauguration speech,” Meteyer wrote.

“Because every peaceful transition of power is a historic moment, I put in a request to the Trump team to preview the speech, but I have not heard back from them.”

Meteyer claimed he’s worried Trump might use profanity or degrade somebody in his first comments to the nation as president.

“I showed the speeches of Presidents Obama and Bush in 2009 and 2005, respectively, but I am anxious about showing Mr. Trump’s inaugural address, given his past inflammatory and degrading comments about minorities, women, and the disabled. I am also uneasy about Mr. Trump’s casual use of profanity, so I sought an assurance that as their teacher, I would not be exposing children to language that would not appear in G- or PG-rated movies,” he wrote.

Gruber contacted the teacher to discuss the situation, and Meteyer defended his decision without providing any concrete examples of the type of allegedly inflammatory Trump comments he’s concerned about.

Gruber wrote:

I reached out to Meteyer and spoke to him by phone earlier today. He reiterated to me that he reached out to the Trump team and the RNC and said he has not gotten any response. I am personally shocked by this revelation. I mean I am certain they have nothing more pressing to concern themselves with other than the demands of a fourth grade teacher in Michigan.

Meteyer went much further saying, “I’ve followed my professional duty to shield these children from possible offensive behavior.” When pressed on what specific behavior or speeches he was referring to from the Trump campaign Meteyer declined to name any specifics and then told me I could “look them up on-line” if I wanted to know more because he wasn’t going to do my work for me.

I figured that a guy who proudly says he is ‘shielding’ our children, might actually have an idea of what campaign speeches gave him the notion they needed to be protected from Donald Trump’s inauguration speech. He gave me nothing. When pressed on what comments he was referring to he declared, “I don’t need to justify what I did to you.”

Parents sounded off about Meteyer’s decision, WLNS reports, which prompted Williamston Community Schools Superintendent Narda Murphy to issue a statement that neither supported nor condemned the teacher.

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“This district administration expects teachers to present a balanced perspective consistent with the curriculum and demonstrate good judgement in their communications with families,” Murphy wrote.

Students elsewhere also claim school officials are censoring the inauguration.

Independence High School Senior Olivia Roberts, in Williamson County, Tennessee, took to Facebook to vent her frustrations about the situation at her school.

Roberts wrote:

To preface this, I am not one to post or debate anything political on Facebook but wanted to hear thoughts on this:

I go to public school and we are not allowed to watch the inauguration tomorrow…

Teachers are banned to show it.

Teachers are also not allowed to discuss anything about politics or religions which is understandable but this is a nationwide event in history that I think an a US citizen (whether you are happy about it or not) should be watched to honor and support the president of The United States of America (no matter who it is) And pay respect to the country we are privileged to live in. We watched the last 2 presidential inaugurations in school.

Fox News commentator Todd Starnes highlighted the post Thursday and spoke with Suzanne Roberts, Olivia’s mother.

Suzanne Roberts reportedly spoke with the school’s principal about the alleged ban, and received a talking to she wouldn’t forget.

“I asked her if there was a policy regarding inaugurations but instead of answering she asked me, ‘Why is it important for you personally that your child see the inauguration live?’” the mother said.

“I was a little thrown off,” she told Starnes.

“She told me that Independence High School is going to focus on learning and moving forward and staying on curriculum and they would not be stopping class for the inauguration,” Roberts said. “She told me that news happens every day in this country and they won’t be stopping class to watch the news.”

The district’s superintendent later posted a lengthy statement to Twitter Thursday to discredit Starnes’ column as “fake news” and essentially label Olivia Roberts a liar.

“Please help us correct the fake news!” Williamson County Schools superintendent Mike Looney posted with a picture of his formal statement.

The statement alleged “there has not been any type of districtwide directive regarding watching the inauguration, either live or replayed; and to your knowledge, no principal has banned teachers from watching the event with students as might be appropriate.”

He also claimed district officials “are not handling this inauguration any differently than we have in the past.”

Looney alleged some classrooms in the district’s 44 schools will watch the inauguration live, while others “may” allow students to watch during study hall. He wrote that some teachers are planning lessons centered on the event and claimed watching the inauguration is determined “class-by-class as instructionally appropriate.”

In other words, he did not address allegations of a ban at Independence High School, or Suzanne Roberts’ conversation with the principal there.

Starnes publically tweeted to Looney: “Did the parent and child who made the allegations lie? Yes or no?”

The superintendent did not reply.