Teacher suspended for Facebook comments about students
Natalie Munroe made national headlines when she made controversial comments about her Central Bucks East students on her blog.
Somewhere in Patterson, N.J. there’s a teacher who seems to have missed the news.
An unnamed teacher in the North Jersey town has been suspended with pay for commenting about students on Facebook. The first grade teacher at School No. 21 allegedly said she felt like a “warden” handling “future criminals,” the Patterson Press reports.
The former technology coordinator landed in the classroom this year after teacher layoffs. The Board of Education and the Paterson Schools Commissioner are dealing with some unhappy parents while the district reviews its social media policy.
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