Fort Worth teacher who tweeted President Trump about illegal students gets Bum Steer
Georgia Clark — the Fort Worth English teacher who was fired after tweeting President Trump, asking him to crack down on immigration at Carter-Riverside High School — continues to make news.
This week, she was given a Bum Steer Award from Texas Monthly.
The magazine does an annual roundup, giving “Bum Steer Awards” to politicians, policies and Texans in general who gained attention over the past year, making their “annual dishonor roll.”
“Craven politicians, heartless corporations, inebriated marksmen, clueless members of the fourth estate, and a whole host of individuals who really, really should not be allowed around children — those were the people and entities who seemed all too intent on confirming the worst stereotypes the rest of the world has about Texas,” the magazine wrote about this year’s awards.
In Clark’s case, the long time teacher appealed her firing and Texas Education Agency Mike Morath ruled that she was entitled to get her job back, along with back pay and benefits from the time her contract was not renewed. Or the school district could pay her one year of salary.
The Fort Worth school board is appealing that decision to a district court.
Texas Monthly summed up the case in one paragraph, with a headline that stated: “Not OK, boomer.”
“A longtime high school English teacher in Fort Worth tweeted a series of anti-immigration messages such as ‘Mr. President, Fort Worth Independent School District is loaded with illegal students from Mexico’ under the belief that she was engaging in private communications with President Trump,” the magazine wrote.
Another Fort Worth case was highlighted in the list.
“A 21-year-old Texas Christian University student who had recently been dumped by his girlfriend via text message boarded a Dallas-bound British Airways flight in London with a liter of Bacardi rum and became so drunk that he assaulted passengers and crew and forced the plane to return to London, where he was promptly arrested,” the magazine wrote.
The magazine’s headline stated: “Ladies and gentlemen, Captain Morgan has turned on the seat belt sign.”
A Parker County case made the list too.
“A man who thought that he had violated parole in Parker County mustered the courage to turn himself in by chugging seven Budweiser beers,” the magazine stated. “But after surrendering himself to authorities, he learned that he had no outstanding warrants — and was promptly arrested and charged with public intoxication.”
That headline: “For all you do, this cell’s for you.”
Two Bum Steer of the Year awards were given out — one to Beto O’Rourke “for abandoning the state that had lifted him up from obscurity” and one to House Speaker Dennis Bonnen “for breaking new ground in being bad at being bad.”
The runner up recognition went to The Astros.
The magazine also came up with a “Best Things in Texas” list to recognize “Texans who distinguished themselves and helped make Texas a kinder and more interesting place.”
