A middle school teacher in Michigan claims that she was fired for an attempt in organizing a fundraiser for Trayvon Martin. The teachers name was Brooke Harris an English and journalism teacher at the Pontiac Academy for Excellence Middle School. She attempted to organize the fundraiser for March 28, and the students were proposed to don hoodies to school instead of their uniforms. They planned to use the monthly program for the students to pay one dollar to be able to wear their school clothes instead of their uniform, but instead donate their earnings to Trayvon's family. The school decided that because the students would be wearing their hoods up to school in honor of Trayvon that the fundraiser would not be allowed. Harris went to the superintendent and tried to find out why the students were being ban from having their fundraiser but she was suspended from teaching for two days. As time passed and Harris worked harder for the cause, she was told that she was meant to be a teacher not an activist and later after pushing harder for the cause she was fired. The superintendent now argues that the protest and the fundraiser were not the reason for Harris' job loss, but the facts are not in her favor. What do you think? Are teachers not allowed to be activists along with their teaching rights?
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/detroit/michigan-teacher-claims-she-fired-organizing-trayvon-martin-144713504.html
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