"Texas A&M University will not reinstate Melissa McCoul, the instructor fired in September after a video showing a student confronting her over a gender identity lesson went viral, New York Times reported."
"In a Dec. 19 memo that McCoul's lawyer Amanda Reichek shared with the Times, the Texas A&M system's vice chancellor for academic affairs, James Hallmark, wrote that he had "determined that Dr. McCoul's dismissal was based upon good cause.""
"McCoul was "disappointed by the university's unexplained decision to uphold her termination but looks forward to pursuing her First Amendment, due process and breach of contract claims in court very soon," Reichek said in a statement to the Times."
Melissa McCoul will not be reinstated by Texas A&M after her September firing following a viral video of a student confronting her over a gender identity lesson. In a Dec. 19 memo, the Texas A&M system's vice chancellor for academic affairs, James Hallmark, wrote that he had determined the dismissal was based upon good cause. A faculty panel in late September found that McCoul's academic freedom was violated and that former Texas A&M president Mark Welsh flouted proper termination processes. McCoul expressed disappointment and intends to pursue First Amendment, due process, and breach of contract claims in court.
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