Florida teacher fired for making students write their own obituaries says he “didn’t do anything wrong”.
Psychology teacher Jeffrey Keene, who is appealing his termination from Dr. Phillips High School, told Fox 35 he wanted to teach students how to stay safe during an emergency drill while also tying in lessons from his class.
An upset student reported Keane’s lecture to a counselor, who then spoke with a supervisor, which resulted in Keane’s firing.
“When they said you have the option to resign without violating your contract, I said, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong.’ I said, ‘If I did, tell me what it is,” Keane explained to Fox 35. “They said, ‘We can’t do that.’ I said, ‘In that case, since I don’t know what I did wrong, you can go ahead and terminate me without cause.’”
Keene, an educator of 15 years, said a student had gotten upset at the course at the start of the day, prompting him to include a disclaimer stating, “This is in no way to upset you.”
He claimed that by his second class of the day, a supervisor came to observe him and shut down his lesson when he asked students what they would do if they were in the restroom during an active shooter situation.
“I said, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong,’” he protested.
“I said, ‘If I did, tell me what it is.’ They said, ‘We can’t do that.’ I said, ‘In that case, since I don’t know what I did wrong, you can go ahead and terminate me without cause.’”
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