Flag Stomping For Fun And Profit

Earlier this year a South Carolina high school teacher resigned under fire after he stomped on an American flag as part of a class lesson.

Today he was given $85,000 "to avoid a legal challenge."

The payment is on top of Compton’s salary that will be paid through June 7, even though he has been out of the classroom since December. School officials did not provide Compton’s salary Monday, but their plan pays teachers with his 12 years’ experience $43,340 to $59,647 a year.

... taxpayers also will foot the bill for more than $31,500 in attorney fees, records obtained by The State newspaper under a state Freedom of Information Act request show.

The $85,000 payment was described as “a compromise and resolution of disputed claims,” the records say.

In accepting the payment, Compton agreed not to pursue a legal challenge to how school officials sought his dismissal by seeking damages for claims that include defamation, emotional distress and breach of contract.

Compton’s resignation is not an admission of wrongdoing, and he is guaranteed a letter of recommendation for future employment, records say.

He also is free to seek unemployment benefits...

Of course he is. He'll probably also get a free obamaphone.

Heck, if I'd known I could get a bundle of cash for flag-stomping during class I'd have tap-danced all over this rag...