More than 60 area residents crowded into the USD 257 district office Monday evening to hear the board’s decision regarding the career fate of middle school science teacher David Cunningham, who was suspended with pay in March.
The crowd, which included Cunningham’s friends, family, church members, and nearly 20 of his students, were there in support of the second-year teacher. A handful of those gathered even rose in his defense: Carlyle Presbyterian’s Pastor Steve Traw, a longtime friend of the Cunningham family, defended the teacher’s good character and…
