"I said 'do you know how your actions and your words are hurting other students and your friends,'" she said. "That's it."Teacher Nicole Lemire says the boy blew his nose on other children's clothing, physically pushed kids around and used offensive language. But, that is not how the board saw it.
According to the board's official resolution, LeMire "asked students in her classroom to take turns saying how the student (“Student A”) had acted badly, violated rules or insulted them, and/or why Student A was annoying or had no friends. Ms. LeMire required Student A to listen to classmates' complaints and refused to allow him to respond or defend himself against potentially embellished complaints."The board said she had publicly shamed the boy, essentially bullied him, and voted 3-1 to fire the teacher, leaving parents and both current and former students teary-eyed and enraged. Parents at the hearing could be heard shouting the board members should be "embarrassed" and worried for their own jobs.
For her part, Lemire is going to keep fighting:
LeMire said she plans to pursue legal action against the district.See an interview with Nicole LeMire and reaction from the hearing attendees here.