Reaction the "Write and Wrong" article

I was amazed when I read this article! I couldn't believe that a teacher would be fired after cooperating with the principle of the school to not start out with the book "The Freedom Writers". She asked parents for permission to read the book in class and not one of the parents asked their child to return the book to school once they were handed out. I feel like the principle didn't even read the book so they couldn't have realized that the students in this class would have related very well to the students in the book. The teacher didn't even really seem like she got a chance to explain why she wanted her students to read it. She was just told to not start with it. But on the other hand, what are you supposed to do when the one or two parents that didn't sign the permission form to read the book come in and complain? I don't think it seemed likely that the parents would complain about the book because none of the students returned their books. I feel like the administration should have explained more about why they didn't want the book used in the classroom because this may have helped the teacher to understand why she couldn't use it and may have caused her to not hand it out to her students ever during the year, and then she wouldn't have been fired. I think the school needs to communicate more with teachers so they know why decisions are being made.