It helps to have friends in high places - or at least be cleared of any criminal accusations.
Reading teachers Leslie Rainer and Djuna Robinson will be back in a Broward classroom this week after they were reinstated by the Broward County School Board on Monday, reports the South Florida Times.
Rainer and Leslie were the antagonist/protagonist in a brewing holy war after they were accused of dousing an atheist colleague with holy water after disagreeing with their religious views.
The March 11 incident spawned a criminal investigation, which centered on the topic that preceded the impromptu baptism - Haiti.
The atheist teacher, Schandra Rodriguez, had been talking to her class about the January earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince, when the discussion turned towards God's wrath being exacted on the island.
A student allegedly said “it sounds like someone needs some holy water.” Then came a perfume spray that morphed into a holy water baptism.
The two teachers denied the incident, claiming it was only a bottle of spray perfume and that they were nowhere near the teacher they're accused of spraying.
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The Broward Sheriff's Office apparently is now closing the criminal investigation and notified the School Board the teachers should be allowed to go back to spreading the good word of a reading book in the classroom.
Rainer and Leslie will return to regular duties on Tuesday.
