My question involves defamation in the state of: Texas
This weekend I got a very disturbing call from a parent of a student at my school. She told me that her friend, who is a school board member for my school district sent her a text of something she accused me of saying. These statements were completely false and when I asked another mother who I spoke with about an incident with her daughter holding hands with a boy at school, she told me that she did tell that to the school board member about the hand holding and proceeded to inquire about becoming a lunchroom monitor at her daughter's school. I believe this was done with malice since it is rumored the school board member in question does not like me. What are my legal options? I am sure I will be released from my contract which will then make me unable to acquire another teaching job.

