FORT LEE, N.J. (PIX11) -- Jewish parents of students who were subjected to a controversial history lesson at Fort Lee High School are in an uproar over the decision to accept the resignation of the teacher who made the presentation.

At a fiery school board meeting they demanded that the teacher be fired, but after a four-hour meeting, that's not the decision they got.

"There was a resolution to accept the resignation of the employee," said Lester Taylor, the board's legal counsel.

The revelation that the teacher's resignation had been approved by the board has angered the Jewish community in Fort Lee.

Hundreds showed up for the highly charged meeting at Lewis Cole Middle School. The Jewish community is incensed over a lesson given to a social studies class at Fort Lee High School. They claim a presentation of Middle East history was anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian.

"Teachers violated their responsibility, giving inaccurate information to a captive audience. I say shame on them," an infuriated parent said.

One parent, who spoke to PIX11 News on Sunday and wanted her identity hidden, had a child in the class and claims the teacher knew what she was doing was wrong.

"She said she tried to be unbiased but followed up later by saying it was biased and offered the students to leave it they felt uncomfortable," the parent said.

"We have to make sure the teacher needs to be fired," a rabbi at the meeting said.

The biggest outcry was over the presentation's identification of Hamas as a political resistance movement.

"To argue that Hamas is not a terrorist organization is egregious, false and dangerous. It's antisemitic. Hamas advocates the murder of Jews," another speaker angrily said.

When a Palestinian supporter attempted to speak, somebody activated the fire alarm, but he was not silenced. Sayel Kayed, president of the American Muslims for Palestine organization, denied the presentation was biased.

"To try and suspend the teachers is biased. The lesson itself is not biased. It got the approval from the principal, and it got approval from the teacher and the students," Kayed said.

The teacher's resignation is effective at the end of the month. A second teacher involved in the lesson is on paid leave while the investigation continues.

The key question being asked is whether that lesson was approved by school officials. Parents are demanding answers.