OXNARD, Calif. — A junior-high schoolteacher was placed on leave as a school district investigates whether she was moonlighting as a porn star, officials said.
Meanwhile, students at the Southern California campus were asked not to search Internet sex sites for images of the teacher, the district said in a letter to parents. A video that prompted the investigation does not involve any district students.
The Haydock Intermediate School teacher, whose name hasn’t been released, was placed on paid administrative leave this week by Oxnard School District.
“It has been alleged that one of our teachers is depicted in at least one pornographic video and possibly others on the Internet,” Superintendent Jeff Chancer said in the Tuesday letter to parents at the district’s three junior high schools.
“We are asking teachers to discourage the children from searching for and/or visiting these inappropriate sites,” Chancer wrote.
Chancer was asked Wednesday whether the curiosity of 12-, 13- and 14-year-olds might actually be piqued by the notice.
“I don’t know,” he said.
There’s no moral turpitude clause in the teacher’s contract, Chancer said, but the California Education Code outlines employment conditions that could lead to discipline or termination.
