'Stand for God' costs teacher his job [View All]

[Walt Starr]

Published Tuesday
December 21, 2004

'Stand for God' costs teacher his job

BY JOE DEJKA



WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER
With all the accolades heaped on Robert Ziegler last night, it looked at times like his bosses were giving him a commendation rather than firing him.

Ziegler, 24, a Papillion-La Vista High School math teacher, was described as a "a marvelous young man," "an asset to the community," "honest, candid, capable."

"I hope my son can turn out to be as fine a gentleman as Mr. Ziegler," said Rick Black, an assistant superintendent for the Papillion-La Vista schools.

But Ziegler's bosses also said he repeatedly disobeyed their orders to stop preaching and start teaching.

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http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1640&u_sid=1291280

Not only did this guy deserve to be fired, he should never teach in public schools again until he can seperate teaching math from preaching religion.

BTW, DU this poll about this issue:

http://www.omaha.com/