At least it isn't just witch hunts...
Teacher Who Demonstrated Condom Fired
NAPLES, Fla. (AP)--School officials fired a high school teacher who gave ninth-graders a demonstration on condoms--using props including mood lighting, music and a banana.
The Collier County School Board gave no specific reason for firing Colin Nicholas Thursday, asserting it had the right to dismiss an employee without cause if the worker was still within a 97-day probationary period. The board's decision cannot be appealed.
``The information is so clear: he doesn't belong in the classroom,'' board member Pat Carroll said.
Nicholas, who also had two of his students pretend to be sex therapists to answer other students' questions, was not present at Thursday's board meeting because his wife was in labor.
But he has maintained he never got proper sex education training _ and was never told condoms weren't allowed in classrooms. Nicholas has also said his intent was to simulate situations his students might face, because he believes teaching safe sex benefits students.
Officials began their investigation of the incident in mid-December after some parents whose children told them about the condom lesson complained.
``It's those kinds of demonstrations that we don't want in our schools,'' school superintendent Dan White said.
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP)--School officials fired a high school teacher who gave ninth-graders a demonstration on condoms--using props including mood lighting, music and a banana.
The Collier County School Board gave no specific reason for firing Colin Nicholas Thursday, asserting it had the right to dismiss an employee without cause if the worker was still within a 97-day probationary period. The board's decision cannot be appealed.
``The information is so clear: he doesn't belong in the classroom,'' board member Pat Carroll said.
Nicholas, who also had two of his students pretend to be sex therapists to answer other students' questions, was not present at Thursday's board meeting because his wife was in labor.
But he has maintained he never got proper sex education training _ and was never told condoms weren't allowed in classrooms. Nicholas has also said his intent was to simulate situations his students might face, because he believes teaching safe sex benefits students.
Officials began their investigation of the incident in mid-December after some parents whose children told them about the condom lesson complained.
``It's those kinds of demonstrations that we don't want in our schools,'' school superintendent Dan White said.
AP-NY-01-31-03 0601EST
Copyright 2003, The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP Online news report may not be published, broadcast or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.
Source Link: http://www.austin360.com/aas/news/ap/ap_story.html/National/AP.V0180.AP-Teacher-Condom.html