KIISQueen
01-27-2006, 04:56 AM
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Showing the R-rated movie "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" during high school Spanish class this week resulted in suspension for the teacher, who later resigned.
Fernando Del Pino was suspended with pay Tuesday for showing the movie to students at Lexington's Tates Creek High School a day earlier, said Lisa Deffendall, spokeswoman for Fayette County Public Schools. He resigned Thursday.
Del Pino, who was hired in August, said he decided to show the film after a student brought it to class and said it "was very funny," the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday.
The movie is about a 40-year-old single man whose friends try to help him gain experience in sex.
R-rated movies are not to be shown to anyone younger than 17 without a parent or guardian. The movie was rated R for pervasive, explicit and crude sexual content and drug use.
Parents of Tates Creek students must give written permission for their children to watch an R-rated movie at school, according to the school's video policy. Students whose parents object must be given alternative assignments.
The policy also states that the videos/movies "must be part of the lesson plan with genuine instruction objectives."
Deffendall said the investigation was initiated because "it appears that the Tates Creek policy was not followed." The suspension letter was issued Tuesday, the same day a complaint was reported to the district, she said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_fe_st/r_rated_class;_ylt=Arg3kZ91BVRFkdp_EfxGsZcuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA4cmUwbnA1BHNlYwMxNzAy
Fernando Del Pino was suspended with pay Tuesday for showing the movie to students at Lexington's Tates Creek High School a day earlier, said Lisa Deffendall, spokeswoman for Fayette County Public Schools. He resigned Thursday.
Del Pino, who was hired in August, said he decided to show the film after a student brought it to class and said it "was very funny," the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Friday.
The movie is about a 40-year-old single man whose friends try to help him gain experience in sex.
R-rated movies are not to be shown to anyone younger than 17 without a parent or guardian. The movie was rated R for pervasive, explicit and crude sexual content and drug use.
Parents of Tates Creek students must give written permission for their children to watch an R-rated movie at school, according to the school's video policy. Students whose parents object must be given alternative assignments.
The policy also states that the videos/movies "must be part of the lesson plan with genuine instruction objectives."
Deffendall said the investigation was initiated because "it appears that the Tates Creek policy was not followed." The suspension letter was issued Tuesday, the same day a complaint was reported to the district, she said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060127/ap_on_fe_st/r_rated_class;_ylt=Arg3kZ91BVRFkdp_EfxGsZcuQE4F;_ylu=X3oDMTA4cmUwbnA1BHNlYwMxNzAy