content: Even more important, why was the teacher fired by the school board?  Most teachers are fired by simply not rehiring them the next school year. The rest are fired by the superintendent. Direct firing by the school board is unheard of. It is like the Board of Directors of Walmart calling a special meeting to fire a checkout clerk. Pure politics. I am reminded of a Mark Twain quote: "First God made the idiot. That was for practice. Then he made the school board."