Portland‘s woke school board has refused to fire a black dance teacher caught ringing in sick to take private lessons and judge a contest – after claiming that doing so would be racist.
School board members who lost a 4-3 vote to keep Damon Keller working at Ockley Green Middle School slammed last week’s result as ‘extraordinarily troubling’.
Keller repeatedly pretended to be sick so he could skip work for his side gig teaching dance lessons.
After being told his contract wouldn’t permit him to take Wednesdays off to teach private lessons, Keller rang in sick on the day multiple times.
He’s also accused of ringing in sick after his request for unpaid leave so he could judge a dance contest in North Carolina was turned down. Keller ended up attending that contest and judging.
His behavior led to a furious clash with school officials that led headteacher Julie Rierson and superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero to move to fire him, The Oregonian reported.
