NL- This is a tough line to draw. Stacie had a legal job doing adult. She then went to college and became a licensed teacher. She has no criminal record, yet she is not "allowed" to work in her chosen field. Just because she had sex on film, does not mean that she is going to be inappropriate with the children she teaches. This panel is making morality decisions, based on nothing. If she had been a nude dancer, would that be okay? If she had been a Playboy centerfold would that be okay? If she worked as a waitress in a topless donut shop, would that disqualify her? How about a Hooters girl? A hawaiian tropic calendar model? All of these jobs are legal. There is no precident showing someone who worked in adult would be promiscuous with children. Priests on the other hand have an overwhelming incidence of child molestation, but they still teach sunday school. But I guess logic is not involved in these decisions. I wish I was emperor for a day…
from http://www.ynot.com/content/118562-court-porn-past-makes-teacher-disreputable.html
Court: Porn Past Makes Teacher Disreputable
by Marty O’Brien
Published on January 17th, 2013 03:03 PM
A three-judge administrative panel ruled against fired science teacher Stacie Halas, saying as long as her porn past haunts her on the internet, she will be ineffective and suffer from a lack of respect in the classroom.YNOT – A three-judge administrative panel ruled against fired science teacher Stacie Halas, saying as long as her porn past haunts her on the internet, she will be ineffective and suffer from a lack of respect in the classroom.
Halas, 32, was fired from a middle-school teaching job in April 2012 after students discovered explicit images and videos online. Hoping to regain her job and set a precedent for others seeking to overcome an embarrassing history, she challenged the school district’s decision, calling the termination wrongful.
Prior to becoming an educator, Halas performed in 22 adult movies under the stage name Tiffany Six. During a previous hearing, she said she regretted working in porn for a year, but she “was desperate” to pay bills. She also said she hasn’t been anywhere near a porn set since 2006, when she accepted employment teaching science at Simi Valley High School in the Los Angeles area. She resigned that position when an administrator became aware of her explicit history and later took a job with the Richard B. Haydock Intermediate School in Oxnard, Calif. It was the Oxnard school that fired her in April, prompting Halas to fight back.
“Although her 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.
The panel also found Halas repeatedly attempted to deceive the school district by intentionally withholding information about her adult entertainment escapades both before and after she was hired.
Attorney Richard Scwab, who represented Halas before the tribunal, told the Associated Press his client didn’t mention her personal history because she “was embarrassed and humiliated by her past experience in the adult industry.”
“We were hoping we could show you could overcome your past,” Scwab told the AP. “I think [Halas is] representative of a lot of people who may have a past that may not involve anything illegal or anything that hurts anybody.”
Superintendent Jeff Chancer indicated society holds teachers and teacher-hopefuls to higher standards because they work with impressionable minors.
“[Halas’ decision to] engage in pornography was incompatible with her responsibilities as a role model for students,” he noted in a prepared statement.
Image: Stacie Halas as Tiffany Six during one of the 22 adult scenes in which she performed.
So, if society believes being a pornstar is bad, and porn star should pursue other fields, how is that accomplished when the same pornstar’s past is held against them?
It’s incredibly ironic that she only did porn to pay her way through school, and now she can’t use her degree because she did porn. That said – if making decisions lacking better judgment were illegal, we’d all either be on unemployment or arrested and living in internment camps.
I swear sometimes the US is getting stupider and stupider when it comes to morality and sex. Its ok to show scenes of violence on TV but god forbid Janet Jackson has a clothing accident and bares her tit on tv…
This girl probably used porn to make the money to go to college and get her degree and the pompous asses are gonna get on their high horse and hold it against her.
Never mind the fact one of those judges prolly has a mistress his wife doesn’t know about and another judge prolly has spent lots of time with escorts, they will look down on this girl.
This is disgraceful that a porn star is not allowed to ever have a respectable job! Sex on camera, big fucking deal. Hypocrites who vote this shit jerk off to the same shit they condemn.
Agree with decision. porn is an easy way out. could have made money other ways. There is a Huge stigma with porn.
Please take notice that in all 50 states there is protection for a person with a criminal record. the latter has much more protections. which someone who was in porn for a limited time should have as well. porn talent always has to be upfront. do not hide past. that will get you automatically disqualified.
Did anyone see the scene she got busted on? I mean, everyone is kinky but when you are a leader you can’t be swallowing anal cream-pies for the entire world’s sexual gratification. Find another line of work or stick to teaching adults….
And she was still doing porn after she started teaching so give me a break with the whole “doing porn for college” crap.
Its bullshit. Has she stayed in porn she could have gotten a fair amount of work with her looks, this is a beautiful woman period. And she wanted to be a teacher and was one, I hope she finds a rewarding career helping people as teacher’s do every day. And then this quote: Although her 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,” How? She did nothing criminal, in fact she’s a victim, a victim here, and a victim that she shot a few scenes with Peter Romero. When was Peter a Playgirl model? Steele could put on 30 lbs and be in better shape than Roy.
Sometimes teachers learn hard lessons, too. The educational system is a sewer system. If I put on 30 pounds, call me Ron Jeremy Steele.