I knew teacher's felt they weren't paid all that well, but this is the first incident, I've heard of, where a teacher left her class in the middle of the day so she could go sell her body for extra money.

She set up the liason during school hours, took sick time for the rest of the day, and off she went to meet her customer--or so she thought. Turned out is was a police officer who found her ad on Craig's List.

What really got my attention was that the news article reads as if the school principle and guidance counselor spoke to the students about the arrest and THEN sent a letter home to the parents telling them what had happened. At that point, what did the children need to know? At least a substitute teacher had been provided for them, so they were none the wiser. The school should have contacted the parents FIRST and let them talk to their own children about the matter. Once again, the schools step in and decide what they will do and then tell parents what has been done. I woudn't be one bit happy if my child came home with the story before the school had even contacted me. There's no telling what the guidance counselor had to say or what questions about sex were posed. Parents probably have more "cleaning up" to do then if they would have just been given the opportunity to tell their own children in a way they saw fit.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

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Feb. 12, 2009 - I disagree a bit

Posted by muslimokie

I do agree that the situation was awful. And I do not consider sex outside of marriage appropriate, even in desperation, that's where faith in the Creator comes in, I am Muslim. But I think where I disagree is on hiding the situation from the kids. I went to public school high school. Rummers are terrible things that are hardly controllable. It seems to me the best thing is to give just the necessary facts to the kids before the day is over so the outrageous rummers are nipped in the bud. My son is only 4 so who knows I might have a different opinion when he is 16 but by the time you get to high school you know some people buy sex and some people are desperate enough to provide. Usually kids know its connected with drugs when it happens here. And thankfully kids are taught from a young age that illegal drugs are harmful. They may not head the warnings but they know.
What do you think?

Feb. 12, 2009 - Hi muslimokie,

Posted by sagerats

I understand your thinking, but I'd have to say that in this instance, at least from the news article, the 4th graders did not know what their teacher had been up to. She left the school under the prentension that she was sick. The teacher wasn't arrested at the school, she was arrested at a motel parking lot. What rumors would the 4th graders have had at that point?

I agree that children certainly do know something about sex by the 4th grade, and they know about drugs. However, as the teacher wasn't arrested right in front of their little eyes, the school should have contacted the parents first. As a parent, I wouldn't want to be told by my child FIRST, that his teacher was arrested for prostitution while skipping out on my child. I'd want that information from the school and the opportunity to decide what and how my child needed to be told.

My point here is that the schools feel they are the only real authority, they will deal with the children and by the way Mom and Dad, here's a note just letting you know.

Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB

Feb. 12, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by PumpkinsMomma

yikes! That is crazy!
marie

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