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Two female teachers were allegedly caught nude together in a classroom in Brooklyn, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
The women are both language teachers at James Madison High School. According to the newspaper, the linguists were in a classroom nude and "speaking the international language of love" while the students were in the auditorium "watching a talent show." Janitor Robert Colantuoni saw a little show of his own, and, well, informed the principal.
According to the Daily News, one of the women is single and a French (ooh-la-la) teacher. The other is married and teaches Spanish. The News called the Spanish teacher's husband and he said, "The school district has not informed my wife of these allegations and they are untrue." (What else would the guy say?)
The best line from the story (or the worst, depending on your point of view) is this: "Students said both teachers were popular." One student is quoted in the News as saying that one of the teachers is "kinda sexy" and "dressed like a teenage girl ... low-cut tops, shorts, three-quarter length jeans." The other reportedly wears less provocative clothing but is still described by students as "pretty" and "good-looking," according to the News.
Both teachers have tenure. They have been sent to NYC Education Department "rubber rooms" pending an investigation.
Related: Three Florida Teachers Arrested for Having Sex with Students
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 8)
12-10-2009 @ 12:22AM
paul said...hhaaa i kno them was a student there
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12-11-2009 @ 9:10AM
Connie said...Apparently, you weren't in class long enough to learn anything.
12-11-2009 @ 10:59AM
BMan said...Sound like some cunning linguists.
12-11-2009 @ 12:41PM
Jsankey said...OK first off everyone. The ONLY witness was a janitor there is no proof that it happened its hearsay at best. If this happened i agree it is sad and pathetic (but being a guy its exciting and sexy) but being a parent its immoral and wrong. I think my 15 yr old son would disagree. But anyways what it comes down to is this. The only proof it happened was from a possibly disgruntled (possibly snubbed by frenchie?) Janitor. Could he have had a crush on 1 of them and been rejected and is now trying to smear there reputations? Ill agree it probably happened BUT there is the possibly it didnt. There is reasonable doubt.
12-11-2009 @ 12:47PM
Jsankey said...OK first off everyone. The ONLY witness was a janitor there is no proof that it happened its hearsay at best. If this happened i agree it is sad and pathetic (but being a guy its exciting and sexy) but being a parent its immoral and wrong. I think my 15 yr old son would disagree. But anyways what it comes down to is this. The only proof it happened was from a possibly disgruntled (possibly snubbed by frenchie?) Janitor. Could he have had a crush on 1 of them and been rejected and is now trying to smear there reputations? Ill agree it probably happened BUT there is the possibly it didnt. There is reasonable doubt. I think we can all agree that its a blessing no student caught them at there alleged act sexual conduct
12-11-2009 @ 4:32PM
Dennis said...Dumb Janitor - He should have struck a deal for the both of them to do him as a trade for his silence.....
Let's think out of the "box"
12-11-2009 @ 6:18AM
lee scott said...Put them in the unemployment line like so many other millions not working that should be. Our education system is a joke.
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12-11-2009 @ 7:01AM
akolough said...I agree that today's schools are indeed a joke. I have taught at the high school level for over thirty years--and still love teaching--but what I see today is utterly atrocious. Teachers dress like students, tolerate bad behavior, rarely challenge students academically, and do their best to avoid hard work themselves. Kids don't write well because no one expects them to. They misbehave, even swear at faculty, and nothing is done. Students will tell you point blank that they--not adults--run their schools. Parents swoop in to rescue their darlings. Administrators and teachers do as little as possible so as to avoid controversy, in order to retire with fat retirement benefits. My heart breaks every time I read a story like this--yet again this noble profession's reputation is smeared by people who never should have entered a classroom in the first place.
12-11-2009 @ 9:40AM
Connie said...akolough - My neighbor is going to retire in 2 yrs. when he can qualify for his retirement benefits. He will have taught H.S. for 25 years. He's young enough to work elsewhere, where he will no longer have to tolerate the disrespect in students and their parents. The lack of respect was the biggest motivator and what he has seen change the most, in his career. He's so excited to leave teaching and that's what makes the whole situation sad.
12-11-2009 @ 12:44PM
inschools said...It really upsets me that people are saying it is the school's fault. Some schools, yes, are bad and need revamping, but most of the schools that have low scores, are, because of the population. Every student should have the same opportunities, and that is occuring where I am, but when the parents are not involved and condone the child's behavior we have a bigger problem. If the government would actually step up and say it is the parent's fault we could start getting back to the way school used to be. Students say they run the school because staff have no authority to do anything anymore. Why it is our fault that the student curses, and refuses to do work in class, I will never understand.
12-11-2009 @ 6:48AM
marc said...Two lesbians (or at least bisexuals) are caught in an open sex act IN THE CLASSROOM where, we as parents, trust them to teach our children. They are allowed to stay on the payroll while the administrators ponder what would be the appropriate "politically correct" punishment. It is really rather simple...FIRE THEM!
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12-11-2009 @ 10:56PM
dbone said...At least they got caught. The other 5,000 that did the same thing in other schools in the U.S. and didn't get caught, are the problem.
12-11-2009 @ 5:07PM
Gil said...Eh.
I'm a gay woman (and I have studied French and Spanish for quite a bit of time, coincidentally), and while I'm now having fond thoughts of my high school teachers, I still think that it's completely inappropriate to be doing something like that in school.
I wonder if this were two teachers of the opposite sex, if there would be any rubber-room consideration time?
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12-11-2009 @ 7:54PM
Bill said...Eh Gil,
It is inappropriate for anyone to have sex in a classroom no matter what their sexual orientation may be. If the teachers were heterosexuals, they too would be sent to the so call rubber room.
12-11-2009 @ 7:06AM
Greg said...No big deal- they were both consenting adults and were acting in private, not in front of any kids. Inappropriate location, yea, but this is not as big a story as it first appears.
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12-11-2009 @ 7:11AM
akolough said...They were NOT acting in private--they were on public property, for Pete's sake! Anyone could have (and did) walked in and seen them, especially students. Private would have been in their homes or in a motel room. Whatever happened to the notion of teachers as role models? Suddenly this 30 years plus veteran teacher is feeling very, very old.
12-11-2009 @ 9:02AM
Gene said...C'mon Greg...are you serious? Yes, they are two consenting adults, but AT SCHOOL??? A school is certainly not considered a "private" location even if it had happened in the bathroom. What if it were two consenting-age children (in my state, the age of consent is 16) having sex in a discrete location at school? Would that be OK for you, as well? The fact is: they were on duty and/or located on school property. They should be prosecuted? I am also certain that the school system has some ethics guidelines they are held accountable to, as well. What kind of an example is this to the students they teach?
12-11-2009 @ 10:02AM
Lynnbrown45 said...I'm sorry -- Did you NOT read the artical ? They were AT the School (that would be a Public Place) and they were Nude, and they were having Sex in the Classroom were the Students were coming back too. Hmmmm First would you like to sit down were someone else had just had sex? Can you say Bodily Fluids ? Can you say Disease, Aids ? How sick ! I would not want MY children any where near these two Reprehensible \ Uncontrollable people. How discusting that they could not even have enough respect for anyone let alone themselves to find a more Appropriate place. They should be FIRED on the Spot ! And NOT ever be allowed to Work with Children as they have NO reguard for them.
12-12-2009 @ 12:17AM
Kate said...Sorry Greg - if they want to go out for lunch and get it on at a hotel, no problem. But if they are having sex in a classroom, as a parent I would take particular issue with their judgment. If they can't contain themselves until they are in a proper setting to conduct their romantic business, I don't trust their judgment to properly conduct themselves around children.
12-11-2009 @ 7:07AM
Gia said...Nothing is wrong with the janitor, he is a responsible adult which is more than I can say for you.
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