Teacher put on leave after threats to crash tea parties
PORTLAND -- A state board will investigate whether a Beaverton teacher was on his own time or using state resources while he organized liberals to crash Oregon tea parties. On Thursday, Jason Levin was put on paid leave by the Beaverton School District. Levin has gotten national attention for a "Crash the Tea Party" Web site that called for opponents to infiltrate the events and behave outlandishly. That raised suspicion he was doing political work during schools hours. Beaverton School District spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler confirmed Levin was placed on paid administrative leave as of Thursday while they conduct an internal investigation into his actions during work time. When asked for what reasons, she said "We all know what it is."Break the wind, reap the whirlwind. Posted by Vanderleun at April 16, 2010 3:33 PM
I am shocked, shocked, to find that a teacher is doing political work during schools hours.
Posted by: Gagdad Bob at April 16, 2010 4:04 PMI am shocked that a teacher was fired for his lefty political hijinx in Oregon, Bob.
Posted by: Jewel at April 16, 2010 4:13 PMTypical....he gets PAID leave...wonder if the union had any say about that one...
Posted by: Blastineau at April 16, 2010 6:01 PMWhat I fear is that he's been place on paid leave pending a promotion to Asst. Superintendent of Curriculum for his school district.
Posted by: BobK at April 16, 2010 8:28 PMCheaters never prosper? Bovine excrement. Several thousand merchant bankers, a probably larger number of mortgage brokers, just about all British MPs and just about the whole of both houses of Congress give the lie to that.
Compared to the Wunch collapsing the world's financial system for personal gain, this man's activities are small-time.
Posted by: Fletcher Christian at April 17, 2010 1:35 AM"The teacher has eaten sour grapes, and the administrators' teeth are set on edge."
"...We all know what it is..."
LOL
Posted by: Eric Blair at April 17, 2010 9:58 AMIt may have been (a) the use of school property for personal use, and (b) asking for crashers to get names, addresses, and social security numbers of Tea Party people on one post (that has, I think, been deleted).
(a) is a no-no; (b) is very bad - Identity Theft bad. I am sure the school district's lawyers went three shades of berserk when they learned of either (a) or (b).
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