Hinsdale high school district stops investigating teachers who 'liked' Facebook post

The investigation into 17 suburban teachers who liked a Facebook post featuring a photo of an ax lodged in a car windshield has been canceled, a school official said Tuesday.

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 administrators canceled the probe after teacher union leaders criticized the investigation into the post, which linked to a news story about teacher contract talks.

At a press conference today about the negotiations, Board President Richard Skoda said Superintendent Bruce Law made the decision not to proceed with the investigation that stemmed from an incident in August in which the photo was inadvertently included with a news story about contract negotiations and then shared on a Facebook page for Hinsdale teachers.

Skoda said he did not know why Law had canceled the investigation, but said it may have been due to reaction from the community.

The Facebook posting that had an ax through a windshield was unfortunate and caused some people great concern, Law said via an email statement to the Tribune Tuesday afternoon.

He said he asked the board whether he had discretion over the Facebook investigation and it was given to him and he ended the investigation. Law did not say why the investigation was launched or why it was halted.

To go beyond that would be to discuss personnel matters, he said.

Skoda denied that the board had any role in either prompting or halting the investigation.

I never said to him 'I want these people investigated, terminated,' Skoda said.

Skoda said he maintained that the photo was an anti-social picture. Were not talking about whether it was deliberate or not.

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Hinsdale high school district stops investigating teachers who 'liked' Facebook post