Teacher fired telling kids to keep quiet or ‘someone will shoot us’ sues to job back
A Queens public-school teacher — fired for warning his fifth graders to “quiet down or someone will come in and shoot us” and showing up late or skipping school 76 times in two years — is suing for his job back.
Gerard B. Telfer, 56, of Rego Park, whines in his self-filed lawsuit against the Department of Education that termination was an “extremely excessive” punishment.
He had already moved to a substitute role in 2011 for using profanity, DOE records state.
At PS 101 in Flushing in January 2014, he told students to “put your f–king hands down” before warning, “If you guys do not quiet down then someone will come in and shoot us,” according to departmental charges.
He was fired last month.
Tefler — wearing an American-flag thong — told a Post reporter in the hallway of his apartment building, “Not today, I’m busy.”
He’s suing for reinstatement and back pay.
“We will review the complaint,” the city Law Department said.