A high-profile local educator has retained legal counsel after being removed from the classroom by Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) and it’s all over what she says was her First Amendment right.
Hope McMath, an AP Art History teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, and former Executive Director of the Cummer Museum, is at the center of a controversy involving a social media post criticizing a local lawmaker.
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Her attorney, John Phillips, confirms McMath is now under investigation for what DCPS has labeled an “allegation of misconduct.”
A DCPS spokesperson confirmed McMath’s reassignment in a statement to Action News Jax’s Ben Becker:…