Gay Middle School Teacher Loses Job Over Computer Carelessness

The California 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed a ruling by San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey B. Barton that a gay middle school teacher in the San Ysidro Unified School District exhibited “evident and characteristic unfitness for service” because of the way he used his classroom computer.  The court rulings overturned a decision by a unanimous three-member panel of the Commission on Professional Competence, which had voted to dismiss all disciplinary charges against … <Read More>