A Georgia middle school teacher is in hot water after parents caught wind of her completely
nonsensical political rant to students:
According to a letter from the Dublin Laurens NAACP posted on the Laurens County Democratic Party Facebook page, the teacher told her students President Obama is not a Christian and "any parent who supports him is not a Christian." She also challenged her students to “prove their Christianity.”
According to the civil rights group, the parents met several days later with the teacher and her husband, who is a Dublin City School board member. Ledbetter confirms a school board member attended the parent-teacher conference, but would name name the board member.
“A board member being in a parent-teacher conference can tip the balance, or at least from the appearance, tip the balance of fairness,” he said. “It is not a practice that we can allow.”
The board member overstepping his bounds? That appears to be Nancy Perry's husband,
Bill Perry:
The Georgia NAACP said in a statement, according to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' accreditation standards a board members are not allowed to be involved with the school district's day-to-day operations.
To be clear, the group says the issue is not with Perry's First Amendment rights to express her "extreme political opinions." It states it would defend her right to free speech as a private citizen, but “that is not appropriate for the classroom.”
Nancy Perry says the report is untrue and she is still teaching at Dublin Middle School.