CASTLE ROCK, Colo. – A Colorado teachers union is using the “Weiner defense” – Twitter account hacked – to explain away messages describing a teacher as a “penis” and “douchebag,” though school board members aren’t buying it.

“DAC Meeting. (Redacted) looks like a penis. And that’s not a compliment #douchebag” the Douglas County Federation of Teachers tweeted from its official account Jan. 12, Fox 31 reports.

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Union officials, the Parkland Elementary School teacher referenced in the tweet, school board members and other were in the District Accountability Committee meeting when the message was posted. Subsequent tweets from the account referenced the same teacher, as well as details of the meeting itself, according to the news site.

The DCFT acknowledged that the tweet was sent from its account in a prepared statement afterwards, but alleged the union is the victim.

“DCF Twitter was hacked,” the union wrote in the statement. “We couldn’t see the tweet that was sent because it was under media (not visible to us). As soon as the tweet was brought to our attention, we deactivated the account.”

Union vice president Kallie Leyba stuck with that story when contacted by the Denver Post. Leyba said she’s “certain” the offending tweet was not sent by a member of the Douglas County Federation of Teachers.

But school board president Meghann Silverthorn contends the union – which has warred with the board for years – is simply using the “Weiner” defense, a reference to U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner’s later debunked claim that his Twitter account was hacked when it was exposed he sent sexually suggestive photos to women.

“Our teachers are better than that and they deserve to be treated better than that,” Silverthorn told the Post.

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Silverthorn and board vice president Judith Reynolds also sent a letter to American Federation of Teachers President Rhonda Weingarten to request the union boss take action against members of the local affiliate.

“One way to begin restoring the credibility of both the Douglas County and American Federation of Teachers would be to terminate the AFT’ local representatives for this act of unprofessionalism and failure of leadership, as well as the individual who posted the actual tweet,” the letter read.

“The DCFT has asserted the ‘Weiner defense’ against their behavior, which is that they are the ‘victim’ of a Twitter account hack. If you unquestioningly accept this explanation, then the perception will be reinforced that the DCFT and the AFT care little about teachers and a lot about shielding their own agents from outrage that the public will rightly express,” it continued.

“In the event a credible investigation is conducted, we expect you will make public the results of the investigation – clearly demonstrating the account was hacked and that you will file with the appropriate law enforcement officials so that the hackers can be brought to justice,” the women wrote. “Alternatively, if this is a case of your affiliate’s officer attacking a teacher, we expect you will take swift action to remove the local leadership that created a culture resulting in this attack, one of the most egregious we have ever seen.”

Fox 31 reports the school board received a response from Weingarten late Monday: “Of course I will review. But there are many actions of the Douglas County School Board that I have found hurt children, parents, educators, and the broader community.”