Florence board member quits over Facebook remarks

FLORENCE, AL (AP)- Florence City Board of Education member Jim
Fisher has resigned because of comments he made about teacher salaries
on the social media network Facebook.

The Florence Times-Daily newspaper reported that Fisher submitted a letter of resignation to the board Friday. He
said in the letter that he had made a "grave mistake) by publishing his
comments in a public forum.

Fisher wrote his Facebook
posting in response to the board's recent decision to give school
superintendent Janet Womack a pay raise.

In the Facebook comments,
Fisher said Florence teachers were making above the state salary matrix
and said local teachers had not lost their jobs.

School board president Bill Jordan said he thinks Fisher did the best thing for the school board in resigning.

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