Posted on 05/14/2008 11:02:05 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Contract Canceled for High School Teacher Who Called Student's Muslim Father a Terrorist
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
AP
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A high school teacher accused of calling the Muslim father of one of his students a terrorist will not be back next school year.
The Michigan City Area Schools Board voted unanimously Tuesday to cancel the contract of John Scheimann, who has taught in the district for 19 years. The action was included in several personnel recommendations by Superintendent Michael Harding. There was no discussion.
Scheimann could not be reached for comment Wednesday by The Associated Press because there was no telephone listing for him. He told The News-Dispatch last week that Hussein M. Mroueh's daughter had "twisted my words."
"School policy, as it is, is to take the kid's word," Scheimann told the paper.
Mroueh filed a lawsuit in LaPorte Circuit Court on April 2 against Scheimann and the school district. It alleges that the Michigan City High School social studies teacher said in a class that included Mroueh's daughter that Mroueh was on a terrorist watch list. It also alleges that the teacher told Mroueh's daughter that he worked for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Wonder if the kids know the power they have to fire any teacher they disagree with or dislike...
While not all muslims are terrorists, all terrorists are muslims!
If indeed he did that and used that terminology, he deserves some type of discipline. However, firing the guy based on the word of the student only?? Where is the due process here?
I’d sue their butts back to the 15th century!
Militant
Sounds like that teacher has issues. If you were working for Homeland Security, what’s the point of outing this guy in class, especially in front of his daughter?
It seems like that type of information would be classified. Why would you want to alert a guy that you were on to him? It would on prevent him from leading you to his contacts.
Those bullets into the homes of the accused terrorist and the principle are interesting. I hope the security at that school is up to code, so to speak.
FRee speech
"My teacher said he was gonna flunk me. Then he said he was gonna bring a gun to class and kill us all. That's what he said!"
Add this to the story of the teacher in Minnesota who needed a guide dog to protect him we had siezures being let go because a Somali student didn’t like dogs.
Doesn’t he know? you are only allowed to say bad things about CHRISTIANS or THE BIBLE!
Only if what the student claims really happened. I have some doubts about that.
There seems to be more to this story than meets the eye. It claims the teacher has had numerous suspensions and warnings, and that he is not currently teaching because of a suspension.
However, it also says the Muslim guy is suing the school district for mucho moolah. Gee, I wish someone with money would call me something nasty. I could use a few million.
Yes, the teacher exercised his free speech rights in class. Likewise, the school district exercised their right to free speech when they told the teacher: "you're fired".
It would seem that other students would be questioned. It should be rather easy to confirm or stike down, if the administration checked out the story.
If they didn’t, it would seem the teacher would have grounds to go after them.
If you did, sue them back to the 12th century so their muslim students would feeeeeeel more comfortable...
I knew this would eventually find its way to FR. I work in the same system as this teacher did, and I knew this particular teacher relatively well. Yes, there is information that is pertinent to this article that is not present, for whatever reason.
I'd say if anyone has issues they do.
Do a lot of your kids have parents who are terrorists?
There were myriad mitigating circumstances and this last incident was the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back", so to speak...
You betcha your banana they know.
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