The clip ended with Pitzen pointing to a Progress Pride flag on the wall behind her while giggling. "In the meantime, I tell this kid, 'We do have a flag in the classroom you can pledge your allegiance to.' And he like, looks around and goes, 'Oh, that one?'" Okay, so during third period, we have announcements and they do the pledge of allegiance, the teacher, identified as Kristin Pitzen who works for the Newport Mesa School District in Orange County, told viewers. Pitzen told the young student that she was "working on it." A school district in California is investigating a teacher who posted a video urging her students to pledge allegiance to the gay pride flag, Fox News reported Saturday. "But my kid today goes, 'Hey, it's kinda weird that we just stand and we say to nothing.'" "I packed it away and I don't know where," she said, adding that she still hasn't found the patriotic banner yet. She whispered that "it made her feel uncomfortable." California teacher Kristin Pitzen was removed from teaching in her classroom as an investigation begins. However, the teacher mentioned there was no American flag for her students to pledge allegiance to in the classroom because she took it down during the pandemic. Teacher removed from class after suggesting student pledge allegiance to LGBTQ Pride flag. "I always tell my class, stand if you feel like it, don't stand if you feel like it, say the words if you want, you don't have to say the words." "So, my class decided to stand but not say the words. Teacher mocks the American Flag and suggests to students they can say the Pledge of Allegiance to the pride flag: - Libs of Tik Tok of Tik Tok)