A teacher at Ginn Academy, an all-boys public high school in Cleveland, Ohio, has been suspended after a sexually explicit video of her was allegedly AirDropped to more than 200 students. The incident, which occurred on February 7, 2022, prompted a sex crimes investigation by Cleveland police.
According to a police report, the principal of Ginn Academy reported the dissemination of the video on February 15. The teacher, who has not been named, denied sending the recording herself but acknowledged that rumours about the leak had circulated. Police believe a student accessed her unlocked phone and used the AirDrop function to share the video with other iPhones in the vicinity.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District confirmed that the teacher has been removed from the school pending the outcome of the investigation. The Cleveland Teachers Union stated that it would work with the teacher and the district through the process outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.
Ken Trump, a local school safety consultant, commented that the teacher bears responsibility regardless of how the video was shared. 'It doesn't matter how the video was shared. It shouldn't have been there and accessible to kids in any form in the first place,' he said.
As of February 24, no criminal charges had been filed. Ginn Academy, which opened in 2007, has 337 students.
