Courtesy of The Hill:
A teacher in Louisiana was removed Monday night from a school board meeting after a confrontation regarding teacher's pay.
During the public comments portion of the Vermilion Parish school board meeting, Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher at Rene Rost Middle School, asked questions to the board regarding teacher's salaries, according to a report from KATC.
She raised questions about the school board considering a $38,000 raise for the superintendent, saying she felt that giving raises to any person of leadership was a "slap in the face" to all the teachers, according to WGNTV.
She was told she was out of order and that the public comments portion of the meeting was not a question-and-answer period.
The teacher was called on a subsequent time and asked the board another question, according to the report.
She was then removed from the meeting by an Abbeville city marshal and handcuffed outside. She could be heard in a video taken of the incident yelling that the officer pushed her to the ground and she was told by the officer to "stop resisting."
That poor woman is clearly not resisting, she is simply trying to stay on her feet.
There is absolutely NO excuse for treating a person like this. Especially one who dedicates their lives to teaching our children.
I was horrified when I watched this video, but I guess you will be happy to know that the school board did not press charges against the woman for exercising her 1st Amendment rights.
So I guess there's that at least.
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A teacher in Louisiana was removed Monday night from a school board meeting after a confrontation regarding teacher's pay.
During the public comments portion of the Vermilion Parish school board meeting, Deyshia Hargrave, an English language arts teacher at Rene Rost Middle School, asked questions to the board regarding teacher's salaries, according to a report from KATC.
She raised questions about the school board considering a $38,000 raise for the superintendent, saying she felt that giving raises to any person of leadership was a "slap in the face" to all the teachers, according to WGNTV.
She was told she was out of order and that the public comments portion of the meeting was not a question-and-answer period.
The teacher was called on a subsequent time and asked the board another question, according to the report.
She was then removed from the meeting by an Abbeville city marshal and handcuffed outside. She could be heard in a video taken of the incident yelling that the officer pushed her to the ground and she was told by the officer to "stop resisting."
That poor woman is clearly not resisting, she is simply trying to stay on her feet.
There is absolutely NO excuse for treating a person like this. Especially one who dedicates their lives to teaching our children.
I was horrified when I watched this video, but I guess you will be happy to know that the school board did not press charges against the woman for exercising her 1st Amendment rights.
So I guess there's that at least.
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