Parents outraged over what this teacher Suzanne Hutton called autistic student and them on social media

When are some people gonna learn not to talk about their jobs on social media?

Saratogian  reports a special-education teacher has been removed from the classroom after infuriating parents with a Facebook post saying she was about to enter a meeting with “crazy parents” to discuss an autistic student whom the teacher describes as a “hot mess.”

The teacher, Suzanne Hutton, said she was looking forward to ”hitting happy hour” after work.

Hutton led a class of seven children with autism at Howard Wood Elementary School in Torrance, Calif. The swiftness with which the district took action in her case underscores how quickly a social-media blunder can backfire in an age where every private person has a public platform.

A few minutes before 9 a.m. on Dec. 5, Hutton was about to enter a meeting with parents to discuss their child’s Individualized Education Program, which amounts to a plan that spells out learning objectives and documents the progress of special-education students. Widely known as IEPs, the plans are a staple of the special-education experience and require regular meetings involving teachers, attorneys, administrators and parents.
Before ducking into the meeting, she updated her Facebook status.

By 9:15 a.m., parents of another child in the class had screen-grabbed the post and emailed it to Jacqueline Williams, Torrance Unified School District’s director of special education. By the time the meeting ended, an attorney who represents the school district had seen the email and forwarded it to human resources, according to one of the parents who’d been monitoring the teacher’s posts. The next morning, Hutton was removed from the classroom.

“You cross the line when you call a student severely impacted with autism a ‘hot mess,’ ” said the mother of a child in the class who asked not to be identified. “And she’s not just saying that to friends after work. She’s saying this on a completely public, open forum, where anyone can go see it.”

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