The public school system claims to be part of the federal government. It does not claim otherwise, and nobody else claims such a thing about the public school system, either.
Constitutional questions have to do with what the federal government is allowed to do and what it is not allowed to do. This is where you should start. (Your posts are wrong.)
>>The public school system claims to be part of the federal government.
If that is true, it brings up the question of whether this teacher has recourse against the school under the federal whistleblower protection act.
Not true at all. Public schools are part of school districts, which are independent entities. They have legal ties to their respective states, but not to the federal government.
However, most school districts have been seduced by the federal government. They have taken federal money in return for promising to follow certain federal guidelines.
Constitutional questions have to do with what the federal government is allowed to do and what it is not allowed to do.
True. But the Constitution also describes the rights of the average citizen. Perhaps that's just another way of stating what you have said.
“The public school system claims to be part of the federal government. “
That is NOT TRUE, although the FEDGOV would wish that it were so. The public schools are at the very most state sanctioned but with local school boards, they should have a measure of local control.
The public school system is NOT part of the federal government. It is a municipal entity supported in part by the State government. It may receive funds from the Dept. of Education and as such may subject itself to the burdensome rules and oversight that come with accepting such funding but, public schools are not federal.
All powers not granted to the federal government are reserved to the States and the people.
This teacher is not advocating nor opposing a candidate for election nor an administrator of the school but is opining on how teaching is best effected. The principal should welcome her viewpoint and reach out for further input on how the community and the schools can best achieved their mission. To single out and shut down genuine expression of thought weakens their stated objective; learning.