Stacie Halas' Porn Career Was Discovered By Two Other Districts, State Panel Says
When three girls at Haydock Middle School made a ruckus about Halas' participation in porn last year, the school's first response was to defend the teacher.
Wayne Saddler, assistant principal, looked it up and concluded that there were two Stacie Halas out there, one named Stacy, and that it must be the other one involved in porn.
He readied this memo to be sent out to parents in March, 2012 (it was soon aborted):
You may be aware of a vicious rumor about a staff member in porn. This has been investigated and it is unfounded. There is an unfortunate similarity of names that has led to this situation. We ask that in every instance when you become aware of this rumor talk, discourage students from spreading rumors. Please also report names of students that are spreading it.
But the rumors persisted and two students claimed to have seen the teacher in action via iPhone.
Administrators scrambled to find out if it was her, even trying to view video on school computers to no avail; adult-content filters wouldn't let them. But soon individuals, including a teacher, used smartphones to view Halas in action.
As the heat turned up around her, Halas emailed this to the website xvideos.com:
Please help me! I made a mistake of making this film when I was young 20's [sic]. It has resurfaced somehow and connected with my real name now that I am in my 30's! I have had a teaching career for 7 years now &; [sic] very young students have been accessing this site and this video. It is horrifically affecting my career and the intermediate school campus. I hope that we can simply remove the video from the site.
The panel dug up these comments on Halas videos:
[D]ude she was only a school teacher for 3 years lol she was one of my middle school teachers lol[S]he was my 9th grade geo science teacher at Newbury Park HS like 4 years ago
I had that teacher
The panel concluded:
Although Respondent's pornography career has concluded, the ongoing availability of her pornographic materials on the Internet will continue to impede from her from being an effective teacher and respected colleague. More concerning was her character for dishonesty ...
We reached out to Halas' attorney to see if she would appeal but had yet to hear back.
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