A teacher in Orange County, Fla., who wrote a letter that sparked heated debate about free speech and race, submitted her resignation Tuesday, according to Local 6 News.

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Jan Hall, 59, was suspended without pay earlier this month after the letter was printed in the Spanish-language daily newspaper, El Nuevo Dia, spurring protests at Sadler Elementary School.

Hall had gotten high marks from principals over the years, but some Hispanics in her classroom have complained about how they were treated. The district offered several options, including teaching homebound students, if she apologized and met with a psychiatrist.

Hall said she rejected the offers because officials did not address her key issue -- investigating how a principal at Englewood Elementary handled her complaints when a student battered her in 2002 so badly she underwent reconstructive surgery.

"I'm tired of fooling with them. I'm sure I can go to work in a private school in another county," Hall said Tuesday.

Hall said she would leave open the option to file a legal complaint against the district.

Orange County Superintendent Ron Blocker had no comment about Hall's resignation.

Because she is leaving the district two years prior to her retirement, Hall will lose 10 percent of her pension, said teacher union president David DeMond.

Addressed "Dear Honorable Congressman," the letter said Hispanics and other Caribbean natives were taking jobs and charged that Hispanics and immigrants were hurting schools.

The letter also charged that Puerto Ricans were destroying Orlando, and that laws should be changed so Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. citizens by birth, would stop moving to central Florida.

Orange County Superintendent Ron Blocker did not comment on Hall's resignation.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this developing story.