Teacher removed from classroom over tweet about women’s marches

EAST MOLINE, Ill. -- An Illinois social studies teacher has been removed from the classroom while district officials investigate complaints made against him for publishing a Tweet some students, parents and faculty found offensive.

Mark Kaczmarek, who teaches history and government at United Township High School along with some coaching duties, tweeted commentary about the various womens marches held in response to the Donald Trump inauguration Saturday afternoon. His tweet read: "#WomensMarch an impressive turnout. Lots of pink hats & stuff. Then they all went home to make dinner. Well done, ladies!". It included a picture of a 1950s era housewife with a mixing bowl side-by side with women marching on the U.S. Capitol.

Kaczmarkek's tweet was met swiftly with criticism both on Twitter and other social media outlets. More than 850 people had signed a Change.org petition as of Monday afternoon, accusing the teacher of consistently denigrating others via social media outlets and in the classroom.

"I had him as a teacher, he's very conservative, puts his views out, a lot of political cartoons that weren't really appropriate for the classroom," said former student Autumn Graham.

The petition reads: "United Township teachers are employed to provide instruction, educate and inform students. Our concern is that Mr. Kaczmarek's personal views and biases are taught as part of his curriculum. There is no place for bigotry, racism or sexism in the classroom, yet he consistently teaches his hate-filled views in his class. It is unacceptable for a teacher to belittle any student because of their religion, race, sex, or political views, yet it is commonplace for this to happen in his classroom. Mr. Kaczmarek's recent post on social media is only one example that reveals his prejudices that constantly spill into his classroom. This is unacceptable."

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