A Spanish speaking bi-lingual school secretary in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District has been fired for .. ehem .. speaking Spanish to Spanish-speaking parents.  Latina Lista, carried by Think Progress reports:

The lawsuit against Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools is now in federal court because a former employee said the CMS violated her civil rights because she spoke Spanish to parents even though she was hired to be the school’s bilingual secretary…

She claims in September of 2008, when a new principal came to the school, a new rule was given to all staff members to not speak Spanish to parents. The lawsuit claims Mateo, a bilingual secretary, continued to speak Spanish to many parents, after all, the school is more than a third Hispanic, well above the district average…Within a month of the alleged new rule, Mateo was told the school accepted her resignation, even though she says she never offered to resign.

Does anybody find the irony in the hypocracy in an institution of learning prohibiting a fundamental right in the United States?  I didn’t see the footnote in the United States Constitution that the Right to Free Speech mean English only.  It’s a good think my Grandma is dead:  She spoke German!  And sheeshe!   We all know how dangerous those Germans can be!