Did A Facebook Threat Ruin A Teacher's Career?
Kathy Bowen made national headlines last spring when a teenage student made a threat against her life on Facebook. She announced her retirement today, and blamed it on the continuing bullying of her school administrators for going public about the incident.
Last spring a teenage student told his friends on Facebook that he wanted to kill his teacher, and asked if anyone wanted to help. Many students responded maliciously, and a slew of controversy followed, but no arrests were made.
The English teacher who the threat was made against was Kathy Bowen. She took the situation extremely seriously and feared for her life as a result of the Facebook post, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
Bowen believes telling the newspaper about how the threat was mishandled subjected her to poor treatment thereafter by school administrators.
Initially, after the threat was made on Facebook the school district investigated the situation, but no criminal charges were brought against those involved.
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