The office wouldn’t comment on the outcomes, but two attendees said it went well and they’re optimistic. Rosie’s co-owner John Zieba said Thursday, “We got some really nasty calls and emails, but today, almost every call is so positive.”Ĭomplaints about the field trip led to a visit from a state Department of Education official Friday to see if an investigation is warranted.
“Characterizing a lunch field trip by Wilton Manors Elementary School students to this landmark neighborhood restaurant as if it was a trip to a nightclub is an ugly appeal to anti-LGBTQ fear and bigotry.” Rosie’s “is a community institution thriving in the heart of a city with one of the U.S.’s largest LGBTQ populations,” said Joe Saunders, senior political director for Equality Florida, which advocates for LGBTQ rights.
