Fired for performing an act of wizardry. QuestionGirl, what the hell is going on in Florida?

Magic trick costs teacher job

Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30’second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.

But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of its own. [...]

After the magic trick, Rushe’s principal, [Dave Estabrook?], requested Piculas be dismissed. Now, Piculas believes the incident may have bewitched his ability to get a job anywhere else.

“I still have no idea what my discipline involves because I’ve never received anything from the school district actually saying what it entails,” said Piculas.

As a substitute teacher, the Pasco County School District considers Piculas to be an “at will employee.” That means the district doesn’t need to have cause for not bringing him back at all.

What I would like to see happen here is the school’s principal, and any and all like-minded cretins throughout America, be asked to leave the country. But I would settle with seeing Mr. Estabrook lose his job.

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