66 | Tushies and Terminations: What Happens When a Principal Gets Fired for Reading a Kid’s Book?

Get excited (and we're sorry in advance)! This case might be the best setup for dad jokes we’ve ever had on this show. What happens when an assistant principal gets fired for reading the kids’ classic, “I need a new butt,” to hundreds of second graders? Well, a court might question whether that termination passes the smell test, because something smells rotten about this decision! This is the real case, we promise, of Price v. Hinds County School District, yes, Hinds, as in “behind”. Maybe that’s why everyone was so sensitive about this? But regardless, today, we’re going to get to the bottom of it! We also talk about ...---Check out our updated website (⁠www.chalkandgavel.com⁠) to sign up for our newsletter, support the show, find our episode database, and order some NEW MERCH.Interested in staying up to date on education law as an educator? Check out ELA's new publication, Law and Policy in Schools, available at https://www.educationlaw.org/lapis---Keywords: I Need a New Butt, Educator Discipline, Due Process, Arbitrary and Capricious, Educators Ethics#educationlaw #k12 #podcast #ChalkandGavel #Teachers