Facebook Frolics: Freedom of Speech Dept. 0
Whatever you say about someone, just don’t let it be heard:
“I use it probably every day, just to stay connected with friends from high school and friends of my kids’ friends and things like that,” Threlkeld told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
But the 39-year-old bus driver had no idea she was risking her job with Buford City Schools when she posted a link to a local newspaper article in March. Threlkeld was shocked when administrators fired her on the last day of the 2009-10 school year — an act she believes was in retaliation for the Facebook post.
The school district claims she was fired for “unprofessional conduct” and promise to fight the suit.
I got a dollar to a doughnut that news of a settlement out of court will appear on page D-17 underneath a washing machine ad within six months.