Principal defamed teacher as racist in school-wide email — now school board owes him over half a million dollars

A Maryland principal accused a teacher of committing a “hate-bias incident” during his class. However, a jury determined that the teacher had been defamed and awarded him more than half a million dollars.

A teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School was accused of making comments in a classroom that were deemed to be racist. Citing the complaint, Bethesda Today reported that Daniel Engler, who taught at the Bethesda school for 18 years, made the alleged controversial remarks to the students in his classroom on Feb. 8, 2023.

‘[Teachers are] human and are not mistake-free and have good hearts, and they should be treated that way.’

The next day, Vickie Adamson, the school’s vice principal at the time, and another school administrator met with Engler. He was placed

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