He has several blogs. The one with the lowest number of readers has a link to his book. It's not the blog he set up for his class and he never gave the link to his kids.
He was also accused of using his students' essays in a book about the tornado without permission from their parents. After he produced the signed permission notes, the district changed that accusation and claimed he had not received permission from the district to publish the students' essays. But he says his principal knew about the book and never told him he shouldn't put the essays in it. And even though he had spent several thousand dollars of his own money to have the book published, and has not made that money back in sales, he was accused of profiting from his students' work.
It's a lot of bullshit and far fetched accusations. It's obvious they were looking for a reason to fire him.
I have a couple friends who teach in Joplin and another who quit last year. They have all complained about the climate of fear and disrespect from administration.
This is also proof that if they really want to fire you, they will find a reason. Tenure just means you get a hearing.
I will post the newspaper report in another reply.
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