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Board Refuses To Fire Florida Teacher Over Obama Slur
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Published: October 17, 2008
MARIANNA - The Jackson County School Board has refused to fire a teacher over a racial slur aimed at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The panel, instead, voted 3-2 Thursday to suspend Greg Howard without pay for 10 days, costing him about $2,500. He also was removed from coaching duties with the loss of related pay and ordered to take diversity training and write an apology to students.
Nearly 200 people attended the meeting with most demanding that the board fire Howard. Some parents say they'll ask the state to revoke his teaching certificate.
During a seventh-grade class Howard reportedly wrote the Obama slogan "CHANGE" on the blackboard as an acronym in which the "N" represented a racial slur.
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