Upon receiving the notification, Ball decided to put in his resignation and announced the news via Twitter.
One of the teachers who received the email was Russell Ball – a bisexual physical education teacher at Three Rivers Middle School. The decision was prompted by an external challenge that reportedly “reached the board level.” In the email, the educators were instructed to remove their flags at the start of the school day and keep them put away until further notice.
On 22 November, an email regarding Pride flags was sent out to multiple teachers across a school district in Three Rivers Michigan.
A bisexual teacher left his position at a Michigan school after the administration instructed him to remove his Pride flag.