D'oh!  And after I was so careful not to quote too much of the article.

[for my HS friends who might not read all the way down in the comments on the blog ref'd by our pal, Johnny]  As a school teacher myself, active in my local teachers' union, I just want to throw in my two cents' worth on Mr. Freshwater's flawed concept of a "right" to keep a Bible on his desk.  First of all, NO PART OF A CLASSROOM is the property of a teacher.  A teacher may have personal property in the classroom, and most do.  As a Kindergarten teacher, I have many books, science materials, math manipulatives, etc., bought and paid-for with my own money and which will move with me at such time as I may be reassigned.  However, any such personal property is there at the pleasure of the local administration and/or governing board, and must be removed upon request.  Failure to do so is insubordination, which is grounds for setting in motion the wheels of due process by which a teacher, even one who is tenured, may be removed.  So much for that argument.  Proof of this is supported in the many examples of teachers nailed for keeping flasks of liquor in their desks, kiddie porn on personal laptops brought into the classroom, and even poorly-considered e-mails sent via a classroom computer over the district network.
Failure to see "the writing on the wall (Book of Daniel, qv.):"  at no point in any of this coverage did I see mention of his filing of a grievance against his principal or the school board, which would be his right under due process.  The grievance process is handled through the union locally, not by engaging the services of typically-fickle local nutjobs with an axe to grind.  Maybe he's been made aware that his grievance could never get past the first stage, and (very likely) he's the kind of weenie that doesn't have anything nice to say about his union until he's in trouble, and then wonders why they roll their eyes when they see him coming.  Next week I'll be in DC for the NEA annual meeting, and I'll try to find out more from people in the delegation from Ohio.

whiskytangofoxtrot wrote:

They told him they'd be happy to have his membership, but they couldn't help him with problems he had before joining...

Yesssss!

He may have trouble even getting help from the usual suspects like the Thomas Moore law center and Discovery institue. I saw him on Fox and he is not ready for Prime Time. Even Fox news realized they couldn't give him access relegating him to a  sunday B list show. I have rarely seen anyone who looked more angry and about to go postal then John Freshwater as he spun his spin and denied teaching ID. A wholely unsympathetic character. It was truly shocking.