Listen as Larry spoke with Cabot Phillips, Media Director for CampusReform.org, about a Southern California teacher who was fired today for calling U.S. troops ‘the lowest of our low’.
School board fires Pico Rivera, California, teacher who insulted military
A Pico Rivera city councilman and high school teacher who was recorded in January making disparaging remarks about U.S. military members to his students was fired Tuesday night, CBS Los Angeles reports. The El Rancho Unified school board voted in closed session to fire El Rancho High School teacher Gregory Salcido, who criticized military members in a viral video.
Salcido will remain on paid leave pending any appeals to the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported.
Salcido did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In a video, which first went viral in January, Salcido can be heard chastising 17-year-old student Victor Quinonez for wearing a U.S. Marines sweatshirt, and calling military members the “lowest of our low.” He has been on leave since. [Read More]
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