OR the teacher and counselor end up on the news because some other parent heard that [to be read in hysterical parent voice] some gun loving maniac went to their precious baby's school intent on killing everyone and neither the teacher nor counselor did anything about it! Either way, the faculty is screwed.Deltaboy wrote:In Texas the teacher and Counselor could be given letters of censure up to being Fired.
Every contract I've ever seen, whether teacher, administrator, or any other member of the ISD system, includes a grounds-for-termination clause to the effect of "through action or neglect becomes less able to perform your job", which really means "If you've done something that angered a parent enough they pull their kid from your class, we can fire you. You've made yourself less able to teach that kid." Teachers get fired for searching, for not searching, for over-reacting, for under-reacting, for moderately reacting (therefore not satisfying the extreme parents in either direction), for passing a failing student, for failing a failing student...