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New York:
At least three teachers from public high schools in New York have
been sacked in the past six months for making indecent remarks
while dealing with students on Facebook, a media report said
Monday.
According to the New York Post, Chadwin Reynolds, one of the
booted teachers who "friended" about a half-dozen female students,
wrote creepy comments like, "This is sexy", under some of their
Facebook photos, investigators found.
Reynolds allegedly even tried to get one teen to go out with him
by getting her phone number and sending her flowers, candy and a
teddy bear.
On his Facebook profile, Reynolds, 37, posted a tasteless tagline
that read, "I'm not a gynaecologist, but I'll take a look inside",
according to the special commissioner of investigation for the New
York City school district.
The department of education (DOE) confirmed that Reynolds had been
cut loose because of the social-networking scandal, the report
said.
Laurie Hirsch, 30, another former DOE employee, was canned in May
for her steamy Facebook scene involving a student.
She had posted a photo of her kissing an 18-year-old male former
student on the lips, which sparked an investigation.
The student subsequently told investigators that he had had sex
with Hirsch about 10 times in her apartment last year, and records
revealed 2,700 phone contacts between the pair over a six-month
period.
Hirsch said neither she nor the student had been attending school
any longer when their dalliance began.
"I was suspended indefinitely for using a cellphone too frequently
during school time," she said. "And it didn't seem in any way,
shape or form that I was getting my job back when the relationship
with the boy took off."
In Manhattan, New York, substitute teacher Stephen D'Andrilli also
"friended" several female students on Facebook and sent
inappropriate messages, the report said.
He allegedly sent one girl a message telling her she was pretty
and told her he had tried to visit her during one of her Saturday
classes.
D'Andrilli, who did not return a message seeking comment, was
barred last month from subbing ever again.
Despite the flurry of troubling incidents, DOE officials said they
don't currently have a policy that addresses teacher-student
communication on Facebook.
"Still, we continually look at ways that our policies may need to
evolve to keep pace with technology," said a DOE spokeswoman.
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