H.S. Teacher Fired for Disparaging Student

A Florida school board fired a high school teacher for erupting into nearly half-hour, profanity-laced verbal altercation with a special education student in which she disparaged her intelligence, according to an Orlando Sentinel report Wednesday.

The Seminole County School Board voted unanimously to fire 43-year-old Cydney Abrams, who taught an exceptional-education class since 2002. Last March, two students recorded a classroom argument between Abrams and another female student, which ended with both exchanging profanity and insults like "idiot."

The students used an MP3 player and a cell phone to record the argument.

Listen to the classroom altercation

Abrams had been suspended since the incident before the board voted for her dismissal and had been disciplined twice before for verbal altercations with a student and an adult, according to the report.

State Administrative Judge Bruce McKibben had recommended Abram's reinstatement, saying that she had admitted to making a mistake and was unlikely to have a repeat incident, according to the report.
A Florida school board fired a high school teacher for erupting into nearly half-hour, profanity-laced verbal altercation with a special education student in which she disparaged her intelligence, according to an Orlando Sentinel report Wednesday