Oh Wow! She gets a paid vacation...
The teachers' union is very powerful. There's a lot of steps that have to be taken before you can fire one. Investigations have to be completed, making sure you've dotted every 'i' and crossed every 't' before you can fire a teacher so you suspend them with pay while doing so. Failure to follow every proper procedure and the teacher will be right back teaching after receiving a whole lot of back pay.
And her identity protected so she can be quietly reinstated (or promoted?) when the outrage dies down.
She has a bright future in Minitrue the Dept of Education...