Teacher gets letter for political remark
Published: Mon, Dec. 01, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Mon, Dec. 01, 2008 01:21AM
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closeFAYETTEVILLE -- A Fayetteville teacher whose classroom comments about John McCain angered some YouTube viewers says she has received a disciplinary letter.
The Fayetteville Observer reports that Diatha Harris also said an internal investigation cleared her of violating state law or Cumberland County Board of Education policy.
A Scandinavian film crew captured Harris leading a classroom discussion in May during the presidential campaigns. Harris told the class that U.S. troops could stay in Iraq 100 years if McCain was president.
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The video aired in a documentary on Finnish television in November, and parts of it were posted on YouTube. Superintendent Bill Harrison was deluged with calls for Harris to be fired.
Harris apologized to the student to whom the remark was directed and the student's parents.
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