But what else would you do during your prep time?

A teacher in Hoquiam has gotten himself in trouble for looking at porn on his classroom computer, reports The Olympian:

---------------------------------Billmaier told The Daily World from his home in Ocean Shores that he ''should have known better'' than to make inappropriate use of his classroom computer. He acknowledged to visiting Web site ''personal ads'' that included X-rated images, but ''100 percent denied'' having any inappropriate contact with students.

McCarthy said the district would have fired Billmaier but the school year ended before the district could take any formal action. He said he hopes the state superintendent's office follows up.

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There's a mild amount of humor in the fact that Mr. Billmaier was once a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He only got 1% of the vote.

Yet another candidate for Eduwonk's Teaching Darwin Award.

UPDATE: Then I did some more reading and the story went from "Oh God" to "Jesus Christ!" From the Aberdeen Daily World:

---------------------------------According to Hoquiam School District notes in Billmaier’s file, the father of one of Billmaier’s students contacted the district on May 30 “worried about situations that have occurred in Harvey Billmaier’s classroom.”

The parent informed the district that his son was openly gay and that Billmaier was openly gay.

“Having said this, he had found out that Harvey had made comments to the student about being in movies,” according to the notes.

Also according to the notes, the father told the district that Billmaier would tell the student, “When you turn 18, you could be in movies” and “I can get you in movies. I have a partner that makes movies.”

The “parent also said Harvey was giving his son special treatment,” the notes state. “Students were getting in trouble for doing the same things his son was doing. His son was not getting in trouble.”

Billmaier told The Daily World that his boyfriend of 20 years owns a “soft porn” company — Richard Anthony Films — based out of Ocean Shores. According to the company’s Web site, the production office’s phone number and address are the same as Billmaier’s home address, as registered with the School District.

---------------------------------This is why OSPI has to act; the idea that he could go to Chicago (he's moving) and take up teaching again with no reprecussion is horrible.