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Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 high school teacher is fighting to regain her job after being suspended for practicing the pagan Pagan (pəgän`), ruined city, Mandalay div., central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. Covering an area c.40 sq mi (100 sq km), it is one of the great archaeological treasures of Southeast Asia and a holy place of pilgrimage. Founded c.  faith Wicca. Shari Eicher, an 11th- grade English teacher at Scotland High School in Laurinburg, North Carolina Laurinburg is a mid-sized city in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Scotland CountyGR6. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina state border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home , told Reuters news service that she had been escorted off campus by school officials and suspended indefinitely in·def·i·nite  
adj.
Not definite, especially:
a. Unclear; vague.

b. Lacking precise limits: an indefinite leave of absence.

c.
 after administrators learned of her religious beliefs. She intends to appeal her suspension, and has contacted the North Carolina Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, for legal help.

Currently, neither Eicher nor the school board will comment on the issue. "I do my job the way it is supposed to be done," Eicher told Reuters in January. "My students learn what they're supposed to learn. What I do in my private time and how I worship my concept of deity are none of their business."
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Title Annotation:North Carolina teacher suspended for practicing Wicca
Author:Sager, Ryan H.
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Geographic Code:1U5NC
Date:Apr 1, 2000
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