The woman reportedly began a month-long temporary teaching position at Beverly Hills High School on November 4, the day before the presidential election. said on wednesday She was fired for “critical personal FB posts” [Make America Great Again] Student behavior at MAGA gatherings on campus. ”
“I was shocked. I thought I was going to get a warning.” Joanie Garratt told the Los Angeles Times. “I didn't say anything [about Trump] During class. I know I'm not supposed to say anything during class. But I'm tired of MAGA, and Beverly Hills High School has become MAGA. ”
“They have no idea what they've unleashed. SCOTUS gave him carte blanche and Congress kissed his ass, so there were no checks and balances. I have no respect for them. I'm embarrassed to be an American.”
Garratt retired last year after teaching in the Beverly Hills Unified School District for about 30 years, the newspaper said, adding that he was furious when he received a call from the assistant superintendent on Wednesday to fire him. Garratt told the Times that her online political posts were cited as the reason for her dismissal.
“I wear this as a badge of honor and stand with all teachers, past and present, who would be persecuted for voicing their opinions in public,” she said. I wrote Wednesday on Facebook. “Shame on BHUSD.”
The Times said a district spokeswoman did not immediately respond to the paper's request for comment on Garratt's firing.
During her time as a substitute teacher (just over a week), Ms. Garratt made numerous statements in posts and comments about her. facebook page.
For example, on Sunday, she Posted “66 percent of Jews voted.” [Kamala] Harris. Thank God my people have not abandoned their liberal democratic traditions.” In a comment under the same post, Garratt wrote, “Some of my people are aligned with the devil. I'm concerned about that,” he wrote.
in her Saturday comments section post Garratt highlighted a message from his high school student newspaper against pro-MAGA activities on campus, writing:
- “They have no idea what they've unleashed. There are no checks and balances because SCOTUS gave him free rein and Congress is kissing his ass. No respect. I'm embarrassed to be an American.”
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“I don't want to see that ugly rapist, criminal, and traitor smiling.”
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“They worship fascists.”
- “I don't want to send my kids there today. Oh my god.” [Beverly Hills Unified School District] Morally and academically, it has fallen from what it was before. ”
- “I would recommend private schools now. …It wasn't a high-performing school district that hired me in 1993. I was very proud to be a teacher in this district. Now we… is a satellite of MAGA.”
The newspaper added that Garratt had a history of anti-Trump posts on Facebook before the district asked her to serve as a substitute teacher.
The Times reported on Garratt on Nov. 7. wrote on Facebook The pro-Trump students “harassed and threatened many other non-MAGA students, and specifically targeted the class where the Black Student Union was holding a rally, shouting all kinds of racial slurs,” the report said. .
Elsewhere on a Southern California high school campus last week, after President Trump won the White House with 312 electoral votes:
Outside the Golden State, a special education teacher in Connecticut threatened people who voted for President Trump in a viral video and tearfully offered an explanation in an on-camera interview after he resigned.
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