A suburban school board has dismissed a newly hired art teacher after the person's social media posts caused controversy among parents at a Lockport elementary school.
There is some controversy brewing in the suburbs over the new hire of an art teacher.A suburban school board has dismissed a newly hired art teacher after the person's social media posts caused controversy among parents at aOn Sunday night, the Homer Community Consolidated District 33C school board fired the teacher effective immediately.
While parents were pleased with the decision to terminate the teacher, they still criticized the school board and claimed they didn't do their due diligence in vetting the teacher before hiring them.Parents had said the art teacher – who worked at William J. Butler Elementary – posted some questionable things on social media.
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