Iftwopeoplebeing followed bothtake this unusualprecautionnear the samelocationat the same time, eventhe most dull-wittedwatchermay infer that aclandestinemeeting is afoot.
Seizing on Mr Zacarias's Hispanic origins, a group of protesters declared the clandestine ouster meeting (although its secrecy followed the pattern set under Mr Zacarias) to be an act of racial disrespect in a district in which nearly 70% of the school population is Latino.