New Jersey teacher may lose job after students found naked in bathroom

The boy and girl, both 5, told the teacher they were ‘having sex.’ The school board voted to remove her from her job.Teacher Kelly McIntyre Mascio may be fired after she found her kindergarten students allegedly having sex in her bathroom.

A New Jersey teacher may lose her job after two of her kindergarten students were found "having sex" while naked in the classroom's bathroom.

The rural South Jersey school district of Mullica Township seeks to remove kindergarten teacher Kelly Mascio after two 5-year-old students — a boy and girl — were found naked in the bathroom at her classroom on Sept. 30, reports the Press of Atlantic City. The students told the teacher they were "having sex," the newspaper reports.

Mascio, a teacher in the district for 15 years, reported the incident to her supervisor and police were called regarding the incident. The teacher was immediately suspended with pay, the newspaper reported.
No criminal charges were filed.

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Two kids, 5, were found naked in a bathroom by a teacher, who reported it and now may be fired.

The Mullica Township Board of Education voted Wednesday to bring charges against the educator through the state to seek to remove her from her position, the newspaper reported.

But the teacher has a lot of support in the community as 200 people came to support her at the meeting.

"Our main concern is that the administration has completely forgone all traditional disciplinary avenues available in handling the incident," said Mullica Township Education Association President Barbara Rheault. "The administration has selected a disciplinary route that has resulted in enormous emotional and professional turmoil, and has strained the confidence and trust of school staff, parents and community members."

The Mullica school board did not state why the teacher was placed on leave or why they are moving forward with possible termination.