Look, I know Florida jokes can be a little cliche at this point, but this right here is exactly why they’ll never go away. In any other state (except maybe a couple of other Southern states — sorry y’all, just facts) a teacher of the year candidate would be an educator who goes absolutely above and beyond the call of duty to serve their students. But in Florida, it’s just a dude who (accidentally?) let a couple of kids, as Mitch Trubisky would say, kiss titties in the back of the classroom.
Brent Sawdy, a Duval County Teacher of the Year 2017 entrant, has been suspended by Lake Shore Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida after pupils under his supervision played a game of ‘Dirty Dare’. Police were called following reports that two girls exposed their bodies, students kissed and a boy licked a girl’s breast. As the kids would say, is lit.
via News4Jax:
According to the 16-page report, while playing a game they called “Dirty Dare,” two girls allegedly exposed their breasts, a boy licked a girl’s breast and students were kissing. Parents who learned about the incident, contacted the school, and police were called.
According to the investigative report, several seventh-grade students interviewed said the incident happened after returning to his class after a field trip to the Diamond D Ranch. They told police that Sawdy told them he had work to do and gave them them free time to work on note cards. He put on some music and stayed at his desk while the students played the game.
A total of 15 students were interviewed, and not all reported inappropriate behavior.
During Sawdy’s interview, he confirmed he gave his class an independent study period and put on a video of Bill Nye, the Science Guy and turned the lights off, although there was ambient light coming in the windows. When he realized no one was watching the video, he put on music. He said the only inappropriate behavior he saw was a boy try to slap a girl on her leg. He said he pulled the boy aside and told him that kind of playing could get the boy in trouble.
The investigation found that “there is a preponderance of evidence to support the allegations that Mr. Sawdy failed to provide adequate supervision when he allowed students in his class to participate in an inappropriate game which involved kissing and exposure of private parts.”
Sawdy was found to have violated two standards professional standards and was given a seven-day suspension without pay.
