Yes, the mocking was "private".....to the extent that anything is private today.  It "blew up" when it became public.  Let's use an extreme example as a reference:  About 15 years ago the Director of The Children's Farm Home was arrested, prosecuted and convicted of sexually molesting you men at the facility.  He had been, it was discovered, doing so for years, but it only "blew up" when a former resident/victim reported it years after he had been victimized.  IMO, the director's actions were as horrible before they were exposed as after.  I admit, this is an EXTREME example.  However, employing mocking, cruel humor is not indicative of the values I feel are important in school administrators... The photo only EXPOSED those values, it didn't create them.  Should they resigned or been fired?  That's another question....I'm conflicted.  I believe in forgiveness and personal redemption and don't know who applicable those concepts are in this incident.  no easy answer   regards, Gary