Goodness. That's the quote and that's the charges that would have been brought against him, no one has argued that. Trying to claim that by saying this, this means that, he's calling him that. Trying to claim that, according to that line, Dr. Perry was calling him a thief and doing so without even knowing the whole story isn't true at all. I wasn't listening in to the convo obviously, but I do know the person in question and what kind of person he is at least. I don't think for one second he accused him of stealing or even thought he was trying to steal it, according to Salyers all he said was that it was illegal and he resigned after - not claiming he was being accused of theft by Dr. Perry or anyone in charge, more like there's a potential that he could and maybe would be by others. Him saying it was illegal wasn't jumping to conclusions either as claimed, it's illegal either way and ignorance of the law doesn't change that or whether he has permission from the principal - it's irrelevant in terms of legality as it stands, now that could have an impact on how it would be dealt with, but it's still illegal. After reading about it, I never thought he was trying to steal anything and I certainly don't think anyone in that central office thought so either, let alone accuse him of it. Nothing here says Dr. Perry or anyone in charge jumped the gun, anyone that knows him can probably attest that him going off accusing someone would be the last thing he would do. It seems really harmless, it is IMO, but to others wanting to make this as difficult as possible and having their own agenda this could have turned very ugly for Salyers with some trying to drag his name through the mud.