James did not name the staff member who took down the images. He told The Pensacola News Journal that he was setting up his classroom before the start of the school year with the help of two co-workers.
The bulletin board containing the images, along with a copy of the Pledge of Allegiance, was behind his desk, James said. While he was sitting at a student's desk cutting something out, the staff member started removing items from his bulletin board.
James said the staff member told him that the images were not "age appropriate." He said she also removed an image he had on his desk of former President Barack Obama.
"She picked it up and said, 'You don't need to put this up either.' She said — I can't remember exactly what she said — but she said, 'the kids are too young' or something like that. It floored me," he told the newspaper.
