This is a bit of a change for this site. Tamara Hoover isn’t in trouble for misbehaving with a student, she’s in trouble for some photos on her Flickr account. From the CBS story:
Until they found the topless photos, Austin High School officials considered Tamara Hoover a model art teacher with a knack for helping students find their creative streaks.
Now, she’s fighting for her job.
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The photos came to light as a result of a feud over ceramics equipment with another art teacher, according to sworn affidavits. Students who had seen the pictures showed the teacher, who then notified school officials.
This other teacher was apparently badmouthing Hoover in front of her class when a student offered to show her the pictures, which she then looked at, again in front of her class. She sounds like a real bitch.
I’m also surprised this is happening in Austin, Texas, I would have expected more from such a progressive city.
Tamara on the controversy:
“I’m an artist and I’m going to participate in the arts,” Hoover said. “If that’s not something they want me to do then I want to be told that. I don’t feel as if I was doing anything that was beyond expectations.”
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