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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:45 PM Mar 2016

Teacher who got fired after student stole her nude pics sues school district

Source: Ars Technica

A South Carolina high school teacher has sued (PDF) the school district that employed her after she was pushed to resign when a student grabbed racy pictures off her smartphone.

Leigh Anne Arthur resigned from her job earlier last month when she was told she would face disciplinary proceedings because a student grabbed photos off her phone while she was on a routine hall patrol.

At the time, Arthur complained that she, rather than the student, was the one being punished. The student shared the racy pictures of Arthur with his friends as well. Arthur said the pictures were a Valentine's Day gift for her husband, and she forgot to erase them from her phone.

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“When you take a look at the policies that are in place for teachers, there was not a single policy that Leigh Anne violated,” Arthur's lawyer told local news station WSPA when she filed the suit.



Read more: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/03/teacher-who-got-fired-after-student-stole-her-nude-pics-sues-school-district/

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Teacher who got fired after student stole her nude pics sues school district (Original Post) Sgent Mar 2016 OP
Good, I hope she wins. The kid who stole her phone needs to be expelled and criminally charged. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #1
Agreed Sherman A1 Mar 2016 #3
Good. I hope she gets a Yuuge settlement. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #2

Sherman A1

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Wed Mar 23, 2016, 05:54 PM
Mar 2016

I believe she should receive a huge settlement and the student should face severe consequences for his action in violating the privacy of the teacher the unauthorized access to her phone and outright theft of those images, which she owns.

I also believe she should sue the student for damages.

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