Birmingham Teacher Allegedly Posted Negative Tweets About Students And Trump Supporters

Updated. BIRMINGHAM, MI — A high school teacher at one of the most elite schools in the state could face more than just a trip to the principal's office after he allegedly wrote highly offensive and derogatory comments on Twitter about his own students and supporters of President-elect Donald Trump.

The Detroit Free Press reports that the Tweeting teacher in question works at Seaholm High School, which is the No. 6 best ranked high school in the state, according to U.S. News and World Report. During the week of Nov. 7, the teacher allegedly posted a flurry of inflammatory Tweets. The teacher’s Twitter account and thereby Tweets have reportedly been deleted. It's a lot harder to delete screenshots, however, and the off-color online commentary has been shared online.

So, just what did the Tweets say? Consider one alleged post, “Therefore, if you for Trump, you are, by definition, racist & misogynist. There. Now that you know that, what’s your next step?”

The dialogue quickly went from political to personal, and the teacher reportedly has a lot to say about his own students, writing “To give a sense of how this happens, I gave a simple reading quiz on recent homework, and 5 of 50 kids passed, meaning 90 percent didn’t do the work … *white kids … And this is in a high-scoring school where kids go off to prestigious colleges."

There's more. Another Tweet reads, “(Thinking back to the time) when I was in high school & kids petitioned (administration) to allow shorts in dress code. Update: I’ve seen 6 actual buttcheeks (sic) today.” The online posts continue, “By the time I retire, folks’ll (sic) just be walking around in g-strings … Now get off my lawn."

The controversial Twitter talk comes just days after Birmingham superintendent Dr. Daniel Nerad unleashed an email blast to students, staff and parents imploring all to embrace civility and respect in light of the contentious presidential election as well as the widely publicized incident of a group of Royal Oak Middle School students chanting "build the wall." In the email, Nerad wrote that adults needs to exemplify responsible behavior, as "children are looking to us for direction."

What direction will the Birmingham teacher face? That remains to be seen. Marcia Wilkinson, the Director of Communications and Community Engagement for Birmingham Public Schools told Patch that because it's an ongoing investigation, she can't talk about it but the teacher "is no longer in the classroom." Additionally, when asked how schools balance a teacher's right to freedom of speech with their school persona, Wilkinson said "We have a technology policy for use of our district equipment, but no policy regarding what a teacher can do online in their personal time. It all depends on the circumstances and this instance is being investigated."

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