In my state, children are required by law to attend school. No surprise there.
In my city, the school they attend is determined by place of residence. The public school system is in a shambles right now.
Only one high school had students scoring above C on any tests for the past 8 years. SAT scores at most high schools are in the bottom 22 percentile.
Since 2001, each year on average 1,000 families have moved outside city limits to avoid city schools (it's called "black flight"). Naturally many schools are now closing because of lack of attendance. The superintendent was fired after it was learned he doctored a damning report by a consulting firm, so as not to "harm morale."

That said, we now know that x-number of children in this city are compelled by law to attend a school system that does not teach them. After 7 to 10 years in that system, a child has effectively been denied an education, not to mention intellectually impaired to measurable degrees.
How does that not qualify as child abuse?

In that context, what can we say about any teacher who consistently does intellectual harm to children, but refuses to make way for a better teacher?
We can say that she is a child abuser.
The union officials supporting that teacher are also child abusers.
Therefore, considering that this process is state sponsored and enforced, and that 97 percent of the victims are black children, where is the civil-rights, class-action lawsuit?
Surely some savvy legal team is working on this right now. Where can I donate to the cause?

The superintendent was protecting his huge six figure salary.

I am amazed at the salaries of school superintendents and their assistants. They live like communist party officials in the Soviet Union did, while everyone else struggles.