A high school teacher who was fired for asking President Trump to deport undocumented immigrant students has won her appeal to get her job back, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Forth Worth, Texas, English teacher Georgia Clark first made headlines back in June when she publicly tweeted at Trump, demanding that he remove the "illegal students from Mexico" who have "taken over" her school district. This prompted a national backlash after her tweets went viral.
She began by explaining her school, Carter-Riverside high, has been "taken over" by undocumented immigrant students, leading to an influx of drug dealers on campus who saw no repercussions when drug dogs sniffed out their stashes.
"The sooner the better," she added.
Clark's Twitter account, @Rebecca1939, was later deleted and she was put on administrative leave after the school district was made aware of her public Twitter posts.
However, she has since won her job back after Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath ruled that Clark's offensive tweets were protected by the First Amendment.
Although school officials argued Clark waived her First Amendment rights by signing a contract with the district, Morath ruled this "erroneous."
"If a school board wants to change conclusions of law, the school board needs to actually draft new or changed conclusions of law and to provide a real explanation of the change," Morath's ruling states.
Or, instead of reinstatement, the school district could pay her one year's salary.
A spokesperson for the Fort Worth school district called Morath's decision a technicality and said they are exploring all other options.
