Teacher Resigns After Facebook Rant About Student

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Johns Creek, GA -- A Johns Creek High School teacher is out of a job after it was discovered she allegedly used social media to disparage a student right before the winter holidays.

According to WXIA-TV, Jennifer Lynch allegedly badmouthed the student who received additional time to finish a final exam due to a learning disability.

The comments, which the news station reported were made Dec. 18, were filled with derogatory remarks. Dec. 18 was the last day before the Fulton County School System dismissed for its winter break.

The TV station reports Lynch allegedly made quite a few negative comments about the student, including:

“He has some (expletive) disorder: one of those ‘we don’t know what his disorder is and we don’t want him to be labeled, so we are not going to find out, but we want academic accommodations anyway’ disorders.”

Fulton County Schools spokesperson Susan Hale said Lynch had taught Latin at Johns Creek High School since 2013. The system was made aware of the situation when the posts were shared with them over the winter break.

When teachers returned from the break on Monday, Jan. 4, Lynch met with the system’s Human Resources Department and “she was notified that this behavior did not meet the standard of professionalism expected of all Fulton County teachers,” Hale stated.

Lynch subsequently chose to resign from her post.

“We are appalled at the social media posts and the disrespect shown to a student,” the system said, adding that while it does not monitor the personal social media accounts of employees, staff members are “accountable for their use of good judgement.”

Hale added Fulton County Schools adheres to the Georgia Professional Standards Commission’s requirements and Code of Ethics, particularly the section that outlines Professional Conduct.

That section states “an educator shall demonstrate conduct that follows generally recognized professional standards and preserves the dignity and integrity of the education profession.”

Unethical behavior is described as anything that “impairs and/or diminishes the certificate holder’s ability to function professionally in his or her employment position, or behavior or conduct that is detrimental to the health, welfare, discipline, or morals of students.”

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