CEDAR RAPIDS — Tammy Ryan, the high school teacher the Cedar Rapids school district says inappropriately used a black baby doll in her classroom, said in a statement Thursday the incident was “a simple misunderstanding” that she shouldn’t be fired over.The Metro alternative schoolteacher was recommended for termination at Monday’s school board meeting.In her statement, Ryan said she has requested a private hearing with the school board.“I await the opportunity for the School Board to consider my entire professional record, which has been unblemished to date,” she said in the statement.Ryan has the right to request the hearing, according to the district.Neither Ryan nor the school district has provided details about what happened with the doll in Ryan’s classroom.The district has said an internal investigation found Ryan to be a poor role model, that she was unprofessional and used inappropriate teaching methods.“I have been teaching in Iowa’s public schools for more than 26 years, many of which have been in alternative classroom settings,” she said.

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