The teachers union president, Bill Hjertstedt, addresses the the Elk River School Board during the open forum portion of the board meeting, Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, in Elk River, Minn. The meeting came at the wake of the suspension of a Rogers High School student who was suspended over a Tweet he sent. Reid Sagehorn, who was an honors student and star athlete at the school was suspended for seven weeks for tweeting — jokingly, he says — that he had kissed a teacher. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Jeff Wheeler) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT
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