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200,000 signatures seek reinstatement of Pontiac (Mich.) charter school teacher

April 18, 2012
Woman was fired after she told students about a fundraiser for Florida slaying victim

From The Detroit News: A petition with 200,000 signatures calling for the reinstatement of a teacher at a Pontiac (Mich.) charter school has been delivered to the school's board. The teacher, Brooke Harris, was fired last month from the Pontiac Academy for Excellence after advising students about a fundraiser planned for the family of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. The petition was started on Charge.org by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization.

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