Female Teacher Loses Job for Appearing in Porn Video

(Paducah, Kentucky) A science teacher at Reidland High School, Tericka Dye, appeared in a porn movie in 1995 and, as a result, was suspended from teaching last month and told that her contract would not be renewed. Dye emphatically says that she regrets doing the movie.

Attorney Mark Blankenship, representing Dye, stated that McCracken County Schools Superintendent Tim Heller's decision to terminate Dye may be challenged. It might be a tough sell since there are indications that she appeared in at least a dozen titles under the name Rikki Andersin. One could conclude that her adult film stint was extended-term rather than a simple one-time lapse of judgment.

Nonetheless, Dye contends that she has changed from being the poor decision-maker of the past to a person who loves teaching and has learned from her mistakes.

My take? I think teachers should be squeaky clean, at least in grades K-12, in their records and overall character. They should adhere to the highest moral and ethical standards and, under no circumstances, should they bring about disrespect to the institutions they represent. Being a professional fornicator probably wouldn't fit with those criteria.

Of course, I'm kinda' old fashioned.


[Update 07/30/06]

Mark Blankenship, Dye's attorney, has filed a lawsuit seeking her reinstatement.

From WDCMedia.com:

"She grew up in a very poor family [and had] an alcoholic father; she was abused sexually by an uncle when she was from six to thirteen. I mean, she got off to such a horrible start in life and then made something of herself," Blankenship notes. "And now, a public school system, which is really part of our government, sort of throws her away."

A circuit court will hear the case next month.


[Update 12/08/06]

Tericka Dye appears on afternoon television.