A 21-years-old female teacher of first grade, employed at a School in N.J., has been placed on immediate suspension, apparently for updating her Facebook status. New York Times report that this status update went like ‘she felt like a warden overseeing future criminals.’
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The teachers name has not been disclosed but she has been placed on a paid suspension and N.J. school district claims that this decision was inevitable after "a significant number" of concerned parents had witnessed the post. They have claimed that many parents had visited the school just for complaining about it, crying for her immediate punishment and few even went on demanding to fire her.
According to Theodore Best, the president of school board, he says that "The reason why she was suspended was because the incident created serious problems at the school that impeded the functioning of the building." He went on explaining to the North Jersey's The Record reporter that "You can't simply fire someone for what they have on a Facebook page; but if that spills over and affects the classroom then you can take action."
The controversial teacher still remains a mystery as she herself haven’t decided to show up publicly, though her lawyer Nancy Oxfeld, recently published a statement in her place, which says that "My feeling is that if you're concerned about children, you're concerned about what goes on in the classroom, not about policing your employee's private comments to others.” Times specifically mentioned that despite their insistence, Oxfeld is not revealing her client's name. Representative for the district, Terry Corallo, reportedly responded to Times on their inquiry in these words:"this matter is a personnel issue that is under investigation" and the teacher is on "paid administrative leave."
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