Mick Parsons was unjustly and illegally terminated from his adjunct instructor position because of his high profile advocacy and activism to improve the working conditions of adjuncts in the college system and across the state.  Rather than simply telling him his services were no longer required -- which would have been a local decision -- he was dramatically and unceremoniously fired by the central office for an alleged FERPA violation that falls under the list of exceptions as listed in FERPA. This consequence is not listed anywhere in the institution's social media policy.

Moreover, KCTCS showed a clear lack of concern for faculty administrators and students by conducting this "firing" an hour and a half prior to a summer session class Parsons was scheduled to teach.

In addition to being fired, the central office -- in an unprecedented and wholly unjustifiable act -- banned Parsons from teaching at any KCTCS campus across the state. This seriously compromises his ability to earn a living and is nowhere listed as a possible consequence for the violation he is accused of committing.

Send KCTCS a message that they cannot silence activists by getting rid of them without legal or just cause.