NJ teacher who had students write 'get well' notes to cop killer fired

foxnews.com ^ | 5/14/15 | foxnews

[ColdOne]

A New Jersey public school teacher who instructed her third-grade students to write “get well” letters to a convicted cop killer was fired at a raucous school board meeting that stretched into the wee hours of Wednesday morning, despite her pleas that “there’s a community behind me.”

Marylin Zuniga, a first-year teacher who drew widespread condemnation for assigning her young charges the task of writing to Mumia Abu-Jamal, was canned at the meeting of the Orange Board of Education, the Star-Ledger of Newark reported.

[Mercat]

The term “community” has now been co-opted to mean street thugs.

[Norm Lenhart]

Get thee behind me ‘Community”...

[Sacajaweau]

She should be in jail for child abuse.

[Pollster1]

My church got a similar call from a total stranger several years ago. We brought food, provided transportation to and from the church twice a week, and otherwise adopted him into our church family. Nice guy. I wish the man in this story had called a church instead of 9-1-1, but I’m glad it worked out.

[Vigilanteman]

For Freepers too young to remember, Mumia Abu-Jamal shot a copy execution style over a routine traffic stop in Philadelphia. The young policeman left a wife and children.

Mumia should have had his date with the hangman long, long ago.

[Steely Tom]

She can no doubt get hired in Newark. Classroom environment may not be quite the same as she got used to in Orange.

Where’s that picture of “Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrated by white elementary-school teachers” ?

[ChocChipCookie]

Sounds like she might have a crush on the guy.

[MortMan]

Is this on the right thread?

[ColdOne]

A lot of them need to be in jail for that.

[Moonman62]

[GOPJ]

She should have been shot... well, maybe that would have been too extreme.... guess fired works....

[Pollster1]

Is this on the right thread?

Definitely not. Thanks for spotting that.

[jazusamo]

I’m sure Zuniga has a lot of support from the New Balck Panthers, maybe they’ll hire her as their PIO officer.

[boycott]

All you need to know ... "Zuniga, a recent Columbia University graduate .... "

[Steely Tom]

There she is. Thanks!

I think she's cute. Reminds me of my clever ex-girlfriend, who wore glasses just like those.

[Resolute Conservative]

I think you meant to post here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3289842/posts

as you did.

[certrtwngnut]

I was born in Newark and moved to East Orange which is right next to Orange when I was high school age. I am very familiar with the area and believe me there is no difference between Orange and Newark.

[Pollster1]

Sometimes I mess up. I think this was my first time posting on the wrong thread, but mistakes happen.

[puppypusher]

That’s great.Thats one less skunk at the party.No wonder kids are turning into leftwing,uneducated morons when teachers are spewing their beliefs everyday.

One down.Many more to go.