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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina high school teacher who talked glowingly about the U.S. and the importance of embracing freedom while stomping on an American flag in his classroom might find out if he loses his job Monday.

Lexington-Richland District 5’s school board was expected to consider the superintendent’s recommendation to fire Scott Compton for his lesson at Chapin High School. The discussion is expected to happen behind closed doors.

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Superintendent Stephen Hefner didn’t find a problem with the ninth and 10th grade English teacher’s lesson on how ideas should be greater than symbols, but instead was appalled with the bad judgment Compton used in defacing a U.S. flag to make his point, district spokesman Mark Bounds said.

“I was in the military 20 years. I will defend your right to burn an American flag in the public square to my death. But as a teacher, you cannot bring your personal biases into the classroom,” Bounds said.