Students protest teachers’ brief suspension (re: 9-11)

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AURORA – An 8th grade teacher in the Cherry Creek School District was back in class Monday, after briefly being placed on leave for showing his class a CNN video of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Jason Ritter, who teaches social studies, showed the video of the burning World Trade Center as part of a lesson he presented Wednesday ahead of the anniversary of the terrorist attack. However he didn’t get permission from parents or administrators first. The next day he was put on paid administrative leave.

“I was just told I was being put on administrative leave, until they could sort out both sides of the story,” Ritter said. He was also told to submit a statement detailing why he showed the video in class.

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