A choir teacher at Garfield High School has been told she will be fired Friday because of what happened on a field trip to New Orleans in March during which two teenage girls allegedly were groped by a male classmate.
Carol Burton, who has been at Garfield for 14 years, also violated district policy by drinking alcohol during the field trip.
“I had two and half drinks in five days and those drinks were the most expensive drinks in my life — they’ve cost my career, apparently,” Burton said Thursday morning. “Those drinks seem to be worth more than all of the students who want me back, all of the parents who want me back, all of my staff who want me back, my principal who wants me back.