Carl is a tenured teacher in Nevada with five years of experience. His personnel files show that he has been on several plans of improvement with different administrators in three different schools, primarily for poor classroom management and insubordination. This year Carl has been placed on another plan of improvement for leaving students unattended. In his absence, fights broke out in the classroom. At the end of the school year, he receives a pink slip from his current school, stating that he does not have a job next year based on his negligence in the classroom. Can the school legally pink slip a tenured teacher in this case?
a. No, school districts cannot fire tenured teachers.
b. No, the school district did not provide a reason for the firing.
c. Yes, tenured teachers can be fired from a district regardless of the reason.
d. Yes, Carl can be fired as a tenured teacher because the district provided a reason.
d. Yes, Carl can be fired as a tenured teacher because the district provided a reason.
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