When Mehta asked the conservative Penkoski why he sent his daughter to a public school, the preacher replied, “I pay taxes like everyone else. I don’t have a problem with public schools. Why do we, as Christians, have to cut and run?”
The Penkoskis no longer live in Tennessee, and Livingston Academy has a new principal. Brielle Penkoski, now a college freshman, said few students reacted to the shirt when she initially wore it, though some classmates high-fived her. The worst part, she said, was receiving online threats after media outlets reported on the lawsuit.
