Calif. teacher with past in porn loses appeal
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A middle school teacher who was fired after students learned she had appeared in pornography has lost her appeal to return to the classroom, her lawyer said Tuesday.
A three-judge panel unanimously decided Stacie Halas, 32, was unfit for the classroom. Halas was fired in April from her job as a science teacher at Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard after online videos of her in porn were discovered by students and teachers.
"Although (Halas') pornography career has concluded, the ongoing availability of her pornographic materials on the Internet will continue to impede her from being an effective teacher and respected colleague," Judge Julie Cabos-Owen wrote in a 46-page decision issued Friday by the Commission on Professional Competence.
Halas was continually deceitful about her nine-month career in porn before she went to work at the school, the decision said.
Her lawyer Richard Schwab said Halas had tried to be honest but was embarrassed by her previous experience in the adult industry.
"Miss Halas is more than just an individual fighting for her job as a teacher," he said Tuesday. "I think she's representative of a lot of people who may have a past that may not involve anything illegal or anything that hurts anybody."
Halas has been on administrative leave since the video surfaced in March.
Student claims that the teacher was moonlighting as a porn star were initially dismissed after school officials said they couldn't find any images of her on the Internet — but they were using the school's computers, which don't allow access to porn.
Teachers then showed administrators downloads of Halas' sex videos from their smartphones.
In hearings, former assistant principal Wayne Saddler testified that at the start of a sex video, Halas talked about being a teacher and he felt her effectiveness in the classroom had been compromised.
After rumors of her performance surfaced, profanity was etched on Halas' classroom window, a teacher testified.
Schwab has said Halas did not star in pornographic movies while teaching in any district. He said she took parts only during an eight-month period from 2005 to 2006 because of financial problems after her boyfriend abandoned her.
District superintendent Jeff Chancer applauded the commission's ruling.
Halas' decision to "engage in pornography was incompatible with her responsibilities as a role model for students and would present an insurmountable, recurring disruption to our schools should she be allowed to remain as a teacher," Chancer said in a statement.
A three-judge panel unanimously decided Stacie Halas, 32, was unfit for the classroom. Halas was fired in April from her job as a science teacher at Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard after online videos of her in porn were discovered by students and teachers.
"Although (Halas') pornography career has concluded, the ongoing availability of her pornographic materials on the Internet will continue to impede her from being an effective teacher and respected colleague," Judge Julie Cabos-Owen wrote in a 46-page decision issued Friday by the Commission on Professional Competence.
Halas was continually deceitful about her nine-month career in porn before she went to work at the school, the decision said.
Her lawyer Richard Schwab said Halas had tried to be honest but was embarrassed by her previous experience in the adult industry.
"Miss Halas is more than just an individual fighting for her job as a teacher," he said Tuesday. "I think she's representative of a lot of people who may have a past that may not involve anything illegal or anything that hurts anybody."
Halas has been on administrative leave since the video surfaced in March.
Student claims that the teacher was moonlighting as a porn star were initially dismissed after school officials said they couldn't find any images of her on the Internet — but they were using the school's computers, which don't allow access to porn.
Teachers then showed administrators downloads of Halas' sex videos from their smartphones.
In hearings, former assistant principal Wayne Saddler testified that at the start of a sex video, Halas talked about being a teacher and he felt her effectiveness in the classroom had been compromised.
After rumors of her performance surfaced, profanity was etched on Halas' classroom window, a teacher testified.
Schwab has said Halas did not star in pornographic movies while teaching in any district. He said she took parts only during an eight-month period from 2005 to 2006 because of financial problems after her boyfriend abandoned her.
District superintendent Jeff Chancer applauded the commission's ruling.
Halas' decision to "engage in pornography was incompatible with her responsibilities as a role model for students and would present an insurmountable, recurring disruption to our schools should she be allowed to remain as a teacher," Chancer said in a statement.
Middle school children accessing porno on their smartphones and none are punished. Teachers trying to access the same porno on school computers and none are punished. In her private life away from teaching she makes some porno, which she tries to keep totally away from the school thus displaying credible morals and she is fired. How many of her shcool employed contemporaries have porno in their homes? How many have made "home movies"? Why does our society insist on sex being the death sentence for careers? Every adult does it! Most of us get "playful" with our partners! Without sexual activity none of us would be alive! Yes! Your parents had sex! It's time we grew up about the subject of sex! It's time 13 and 14 year olds that view internet porn got punished for breaking a federal law! It's time Ms Halas was made a sex education teacher. Hell, her students would believe her, she has credentials!!!!! HAHAHAHAHA Okay, the part on Ms Halas was in jest, with a good dose of truth?
So because she sucks, she has to go?
I need go find the website she was on so I can judge for myself. (be right back)
They should just make her the sex ed teacher. High School would have been a whole lot more fun if I knew about the Reverse Cow Girl back then.
"Teachers then showed administrators downloads of Halas' sex videos from their smartphones."
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Ya, and administrators probably had to view it multiple time to "be sure" !
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So MIDDLE school students download porn , thats not an offense ???
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AND teachers down load porn to their smart phones and bring onto school property ??
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Sounds like a whole lot a "church lady" hypocracy to me !
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Keep in mind "5 time deferment dick" lied, over 4K soldiers died and he kept his job...heck he gets a hefty retirement and the best healthcare too. But someone gets naked and has sex.....OH MY GOSH !!!
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This judge is an idiot!
Its sad that no one in this country is allowed to change their lives and start over again.Â
 @PeterAWolf No, what's sad is if you're a murderer you can change your life and start over again. No one even bats an eye. Where I live they have violent offenders and sex offenders on the same map. Ignoring the fact I found five sex offenders within half a mile of a high school. There's a man convicted of a double homicide who works as a roofer, comes to your home and spends the day and no one minds.Â
"Halas was continually deceitful about her nine-month career in porn before she went to work at the school, the decision said."Â Â Sucks for her.
The Commission on Professional Competence?
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I sure hope they have something a little more concrete than "the ongoing availability of her pornographic materials on the Internet will continue to impede her from being an effective teacher and respected colleague".
Otherwise, it is going to be an expensive day in court when her inevitable lawsuit makes it to a real judge.
Perhaps the real reason they fired her is because she was not a very attractive porn actress. What... I have to do something besides hang out on KATU.
She lost her appeal...no wonder she got out of the business. If you lose your appeal there's no place to go but teaching.
boy she is really getting screwed......
And how the hell did teachers and administrators find her on the internet? Isn't his incompatible with their role as administrators in charge of students' behavior? Pure hypocrisy!Â
Wow. Wasn't doing anything illegal. And how the hell did middle school students find her on the internet? She should not have been fired.Â
Why were the teachers downloading the videos?