JONESBORO, Ga. - The Clayton County school board says it has voted to fire a teacher accused of offering $50 for what he allegedly called a "hit" on a student.
The nine-member board decided to uphold the recommendation made in December by a tribunal to fire Mundy's Mill High School teacher Randolphe Forde.
Forde was charged in October with making terroristic threats against an 11th grade student in one of his classes. Authorities say Forde asked whether the student was gay, then offered $50 to a classmate to "put a hit" on the student.
The student's attorney, Terrence Madden, said the school should have addressed the situation sooner. Madden says the student had to change schools and is still being teased.