SPOKANE, Wash. — On Wednesday, the West Valley School Board voted that it will not renew the teaching contract of a high school Spanish teacher after he read aloud a racial slur from the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” in class.
“It came from a student-initiated question about the book. It was a very thought-provoking question, and as a professional, I felt it was necessary to address,” said the teacher, Matthew Mastronardi, at a small press conference last week.
At the meeting, fiery testimonies from community members in support of Mastronardi were addressed to the West Valley School Board…