Tennessee teacher whose Facebook post expressed doubt over neighborhood safety is suspended, accused of racism
The latest teacher whose career is at risk after a hypercritical reaction to a social media post.
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An elementary school teacher from the state of Tennessee has been suspended without pay over content she had posted on Facebook.
The decision was made by Jackson-Madison County School System Superintendent Marlon King and affects Janis Carroll, who works at the Denmark elementary.
The accusation that King leveled against her is that the Facebook post was “disturbing and hurtful” – it had to do with the way Carroll perceives the neighborhood where the Lincoln elementary, where she previously worked for 13 years, is located – East Jackson. She did not see it as safe enough to be wearing jewelry.