The Ellis County Press: ROISD denies sex scandal

ROISD denies sex scandal
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Editor on 03/06/2008 00:00:00


GLEN JACKSON
_The Ellis County Press_
RED OAK - School officials in Red Oak denied an Internet-spread allegation a
high school agricultural teacher and a high school police resource officer were
caught on camera having sex.
Karen Miller, ROISD's director of public relations, was asked to confirm or deny
an e-mail sent to The Ellis County Press stating a school employees was fired
'on the spot.'
'Deny!' is the one word reply Miller sent this newspaper.
So far, 2008 has been a busy year for the school's PR department.
An incident involving a teacher being arrested at her Red Oak elementary school
for Garland-based drug allegations made regional headlines; school officials
seized a substitute's computer and hard drive equipment after questionable items
were downloaded; and recently, a bus driver was allegedly caught with beer in
his possession during a Red Oak High School tennis match.
To date, school board trustees have not addressed these issues publicly.
Filing for the three school board seats ends on March 10.