Former Pikesville high school principal Eric Eiswert says his employer, the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), essentially hung him out to dry.
When an audio clip went viral last January , allegedly of Eiswert making racist and anti-semitic remarks about his staff and students, he was immediately placed on leave. The comments were swiftly condemned by elected officials, activists, and countless people on social media. Calls for his firing, and assassinations of his character, were fierce. His lawyers say he even faced threats of violence.
At the time, Superintendent Myriam Rogers called the comments “deeply disturbing” but said they hadn’t yet verified the authenticity of the recording…