Stacie Halas
Stacie Halas, who was fired for appearing in a series of pornographic films under the pseudonym Tiffany Six, announced over the weekend that she plans to fight her dismall from the Oxnard School District。
Halas, 32, had been a junior high teacher science teacher in Richard B. Haydock Intermediate since 2009. She said the school board's decision to fire her is unfair and she plans to fight the verdict 。
"We disagree with the decision by the board to dismiss or seek the dismissal of Miss Halas," her attorney Richard Schwab, said, reported the Ventura County Star. "It is our intention at this time to vigorously contest the charges,"
Halas has not official been served with the dismal from the school district. However, she will have 30 days to appeal it and seek an administrative hearing. Schwab said there are no grounds to fire Halas。
"The type of conduct she engaged in was lawful conduct in a business which, while others may disagree with its content, is very vibrant in both Los Angeles as well as the state of California," he said, according to the Ventura County Star。
However, school board President Veronica Robles-Solis said that the officials, students and paratns must focus on the best interests of the school district。
"We must do what's right for students, staff and parents by maintaining the focus on education," she said。
On Wednesday, April 18, Oxnard School District trustees voted unanimously to fire Halas, who taught seventh and eighth graders。
Superintendent Jeff Chancher agreed with Robles-Solis saying it was in the best in the best interest of the community to let Halas go。
"We're dealing with the disruption that we believe it would cause our district, and the schools in our district, if she were to return back to the classroom," he said, reported the Associated Press. He also said that if the 31-year-old teacher were to return to the district, it would be a distraction and disruption to the students。
Last month, Halas was put on paid administrative leave while the Oxnard School District investigated the allegations that she performed in a pornographic film, after students approached school administrators at the school, telling them they found videos of her online。
The video, however, was produced before she started teaching at Oxnard in 2009.
"I saw parts of the video," Chancer said last month, as previously reported. "It's hardcore pornography."
At the time, top school officials asked parents and teachers to dissuade their students from the visiting the inappropriate sites that allegedly feature Halas in pornographic videos as Tiffany Six。
"It has been alleged that one of our teachers is depicted in at least one pornographic video and possibly others on the Internet,'' said Chancer said in the Tuesday letter to parents."We ask that you be particularly vigilant over the next few days with respect to the Internet content being accessed by your child on his or her telephone or other Internet-ready device."
While, it is not a crime for an adult to appear in a pornographic film, educators believed Halas violated employment conditions。
"Maybe it's not a crime as far as the penal code is concerned, but we feel it's a crime as far as moral turpitude is concerned," said Chancer last month, according to the Smoking Gun。
In the days following the scandal, a fake Twitter account was created featuring a purported photo of her alleged porn star persona, Tiffany Six。
"Tiffany Six, Stacie Halas, it doesn't matter. What matters is that we educate our children. Sex is to be celebrated," tweeted the account。
"There's nothing wrong with SEX!"
"What does it say about our (economy, state, priorities) when a teacher has to work night job to keep food on her table?"
However, the user of the account has not tweeted anything since April 3.
This is not the first time a pornstar became a teacher. Louisa Tuck, also known as "Crystal Gunns, " became a lunch lady in a school in New Jersey. However, once her past was discovered, she was promptly fired.
