A special education teacher is in hot water after posting material on Facebook mocking his students.
Atlanta-based teacher Jeremy Hollinger allegedly posted a picture of himself on the social media site wearing a helmet that belongs to one of his grade-two students.
"My son wears a helmet for seizures during P.E.," said Celeste Dennis, mom of a student at Eichold-Mertz Elementary School. "[Hollinger] had a picture of himself with my son's helmet on, making fun of him like that was some type of a joke."
A school official told the TV station WALA-TV that "the appropriate measures were taken," although Hollinger is still employed at Eichold-Mertz Elementary.
Hollinger isn't the only teacher who has been caught on Facebook.
New Jersey's Viki Knox, another special education teacher, made anti-gay comments on Facebook, and New York teacher, Christine Rubino, confessed following the drowning of one of her students that she "hates their guts."
Special education by nature requires very special and compassionate individuals. Obviously these particular teachers are in the wrong vocation. Do you think Hollinger deserved more than a reprimand?
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