October 6, 2004
Parents Wrong, School Administrator Wrong
Regular readers will know that Modulator probably wouldn't be putting a photo montage of US presidents on the wall of a classroom. However, lots of teachers do this.
Even in an election year, there is no justification for including a challenger in or removing an incumbent from this type of montage.
Via Ravenwood.
Update 10/6: Commenter Lis Riba notes that the school district presents this much differently then the above linked article.
Apparently it was not a montage of all the presidents just w. But there is much more. Read the disctrict press release (linked above) and this extensive analysis of the incident.
Update 2 (10/6): Tom has a must read clarified version of the district press release.
To be fair, the school district says that she was NOT fired for her classroom display alone, but was reprimanded for making partisan statements in the classroom (not a social studies class) and putting down students who disagreed with her. The school superintendent also says that she wasn't fired, but rather WALKED OFF THE JOB during the school day.
I found the school district's press release here
Posted by Lis Riba at October 6, 2004 11:20 AM
