From the
Houston Chronicle:
A third-grade HISD teacher accused of
making profane and anti-Muslim remarks on a public access television
show will resign immediately and receive three months' pay under a deal
approved by the school board Thursday.
......
In online clips, Box could be heard referring to "bacon-haters,"
using profanity in connection with Muslims and asking, "Can't Ebola just
take one for the team and take out Obama?"
"District administrators recommended accepting Box's offer of
resignation after determining it was in the best interest of the school
and its students," HISD said in a statement Thursday.
While Angela Box's opinions and the expression of them are clearly obnoxious, as long as she was not expressing them in the classroom, and they did not otherwise affect her job performance, it's hard to see the justification for removing her from her position. It reminds me of the
"Red scare" firing of teachers in the 1920's:
"Red hunting" became the national obsession. Colleges were deemed
to be hotbeds of Bolshevism, and professors were labeled as radicals.
The hunt reached down to public secondary schools where many teachers were
fired for current or prior membership in even the most mildly of leftist
organizations.
Political views (however ugly) expressed outside of the workplace should not be cause for dismissal.
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