Scandal Over Anti-war Protest
In June 2010, while six graduating seniors who were about to enter the U.S. armed forces were being honored at school assembly for the graduating class, two teachers stood up in silent protest, with one holding a sign that read “End War." Boston television station WBZ-TV broadcast a news story about the event and some parents, students, and bloggers called for the teachers to be fired. The teachers were placed on administrative leave. One of the teachers, Marybeth Verani, said of the incident: “I’m showing, in a democracy, how to express dissent.”
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