at trial in baltimore federal district court, miedema explained the factors which prompted him to transfer acanfora. the newspaper stories reporting acanfora's certification had recounted his suspension from his student teaching position and the controversy which had attended his request for certification, and miedema wished to investigate the facts underlying the suspension and delay in certification. additionally, miedema was "concerned" that acanfora might be "an activist, advertised homosexual." finally, miedema was worried about "community concern and reaction" to the newspaper disclosures that a homosexual was teaching in the school.