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November 15, 2007
Peter Perkins: Pervert Teacher Still on the Public Payroll
Social studies teacher Peter Perkins of Rogers High School in Spokane, Washington hasn't been teaching for over a year, but he's still collecting his salary and benefits, despite this:
Spokane Public Schools documents allege that Perkins photographed and twisted the nipples of bare-chested high school boys in a bathroom, wrote about his fantasies of raping a student, engaged in explicit online chats using district computers, and downloaded graphic files titled "Teen Muscle Boy" to a publicly owned computer. In all, there were 13 allegations of misconduct. […]
According to the parent and student who first contacted the district, Perkins asked his students in class to look at his MySpace.com Web page, which contained links to pornographic materials and stated he was attracted to "younger" Asian, Hispanic and Native American men, the investigative documents state.
How multicultural. There's more:
The forensic specialist found that Perkins had numerous sexually explicit online chats on his district computer, then copied, pasted and saved them to Word documents. Using graphic language, he allegedly talked about masturbating after watching high school boys wrestle; discussed another man's luck at having sex with a high school sophomore; fantasized about forcing himself on a "hot student" in a locker room; and talked of role-playing as a teacher who would rape a "bad" student.
One day the paychecks might stop, but not before a state hearing has been scheduled for the appeal of his dismissal. His teaching license has not yet been revoked. He has not been charged for misusing public resources, or for anything else.
This scandal isn't Perkins' first brush with fame. He appeared on a PBS broadcast entitled "A Hidden Life," during which he whimpered to Frontline reporters about the hardship of being a homosexual. PBS hasn't gotten around to reporting on the hardship of having a homosexual teacher.
On a tip from V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at November 15, 2007 10:23 AM
Comments
Gee, we just need to be more sensitive and committed to diversity. He's the perfect guy to teach high school boys. We just need to get over our homophobia, that's all.
/sarc
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 15, 2007 11:09 AM
Absolutely disgusting!
Mr. Perkin's gherkin should end up at the bottom of the Nine Mile Falls.
Posted by: mockin'bird at November 16, 2007 10:59 AM
What surprises me is that this didn't get any sort of national coverage. The media loves teacher sexual abuse stories and the fact that he's gay would spark even more controversy. I guess I should chalk this up to the liberal media protecting one of its special classes.
Posted by: Arthur at November 18, 2007 9:48 AM
