Suicide Isn't the Answer,

but sometimes teachers who have been abused by administrators and find there is no way to stop the abuse feel there is no other way out. Naturally the school board gives lip service and will continue to allow the administrator to keep his job.

As far as I am concerned, this school board has blood on its hands:

The suicide note that Mary Thorson left centered on frustrations at the school, and her death spurred some of her co-workers to speak out at the public meeting.

Teachers described an atmosphere of fear and intimidation in the two-school district, where little things snowballed over time.

"We don't feel like we can speak out because we have been intimidated," teacher Rose Jimerson said at the meeting. "We have signs all over the building about anti-bullying. … Our staff gets bullied."

Co-workers and friends said in interviews that Thorson was deeply upset by her job and was worried she was on the verge of being fired. She had been suspended in April after allegedly striking a student and again a week before her death, records show. The second suspension was for allegedly cursing at a student, a co-worker said.

Trumped-up charges, of course.

Remember, it is very difficult if not impossible to go back into teaching once fired. One has to basically move to another state in order to resume a career, provided a job can even be found.