Students Suspended After Teacher Shows Pornographic Image On Projector
High school students in Kansas
City, Kansas were shocked when their teacher flipped on a classroom
projector that revealed a pornographic image. As reported by KCTV 5 News, after that incident two J.C. Harmon High School students were suspended for reasons their parents cannot understand.
Laura Lester’s
daughter was in her first hour biology class where the incident took
place and said, "When she came home from school she was crying her eyes
out. She was unable to even speak about what had happened." Eventually,
the girl told her mother that the teacher had turned on the overhead
projector hooked up to his laptop and a pornographic photo for a website
appeared in the background. KCTV describes the image as, “a naked woman
in a compromising position from behind.”
"I know my daughter was very uncomfortable," said Lester. According to
Ms. Lester, her daughter was so stunned by the image that she took a
picture, which showed the teacher’s laptop and projector with the
background shot of the woman, and sent it to her boyfriend asking him
what to do. Karen Winkel’s son then sent the image to his friend, who,
it is believed, uploaded it to his private Facebook page.
A two-day suspension was issued to the children of Lester and Winkel
after their actions, which is a punishment their parents do not agree
with. Lester told the station the suspension was given, “For
inappropriate use of electronics. I have no idea (what that's supposed
to mean). I tried to run it through my mind and understand. She was on
her own cell phone." Winkel has her own theory saying, "I believe my son
got in trouble because the school was trying to hide something."
A look at the district’s student code of conduct indicates that, “All
cell phones should be turned off during the school day, which includes
sending and receiving text messages,” and violations are punishable.
Additionally, the code of conduct prohibits, “the practice of sending or
posting sexually suggestive text message and images, including nude or
semi-nude photographs via cellular phones or over the internet.”
Both suspended students are on the honor roll and worry about the
impact of having the suspension on their record. "That's the most
upsetting, is that she's looking into colleges and she’s looking at a
bright future and this is going to follow her, what this teacher did,"
Lester said. "It was very upsetting that this is happening when our kids
are in school, when they are supposed to be learning."
The parents spoke to school administrators about an appeal. When they
were unable to get answers from administrators, the parents consulted an
attorney and contacted KCTV. According to the station, under Kansas
law, the parents have little recourse in reversing the school’s
decision. Despite the parents waiving their privacy rights so the
station could speak to administrators about the case, KCTV was told they
could not speak to them. Instead, the school officials agreed to speak
with the parents directly once again.
The teacher in the middle of the case has been employed by the school district since 2002. The USA TODAY Network
talked to David Smith, spokesman for Kansas City Public Schools, who
said the school, "works very hard to maintain strong relationships with
parents and continues to be willing to sit down with the parents in this
case and work through any issues." KCTV notes that district policy is
to “place an employee on paid leave pending the outcome of an
investigation.” Smith would not comment about whether the teacher was
punished.Source:yahoo.com
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