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Florida Teacher In Hot Water Over Swimsuit Photos

A high school teacher is trouble over photos found on the site of The U.S. National Bikini Team. From The
Sun-Sentinel:

A teacher at West Boca Raton High School is under investigation after school district officials learned about risque photos of her on a Web site.


Erica Chevillar, 25, is a first-year social studies teacher at the school. She is also one of about 80 models featured on the Web site of the USA National Bikini team, a Boca Raton-based company, according to the Web site. The site lists calendars for sale featuring scantily clad models dressed in bathing suits, provocative outfits or lingerie.

Chevillar, using the name Erica Lee, appears in outfits ranging from cleavage-baring jackets to skimpy bikinis in about two-dozen photos.

West Boca Raton High Principal Fran Giblin said he learned about the photos Wednesday after a parent complained. He turned the matter over to the district's professional standards department, which handles investigations of noncriminal matters.

"I would certainly hope that we set the highest standards for our students," Giblin said. "If this in fact is true, it's a concern. A big concern."

The district has only a general policy that requires teachers to behave "morally and ethically," school district spokesman Nat Harrington said.

"There's no policy that says what someone can or cannot wear or whether they can be photographed on the Internet," Harrington said. "We expect our employees to use good judgment and appropriate behavior in all they do. The question now is whether this is appropriate or inappropriate."

In the interest of furthering the debate over whether or not such activities are appropriate or not I've included the complete set of pictures from the U.S. National Bikini Team web site for Erica Lee.

Since their site is for the most part unreachable, I've made reposted the pictures below. They are swimsuit pictures - on the order of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition - so you may want to avoid them in a work environment. You've been warned...

http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-1-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-2-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-3-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-4-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-5-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-6-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-7-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-8-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-9-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-10-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-11-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-12-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-13-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-14-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-15-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-16-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-17-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-18-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-19-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-20-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-24-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-23-thumb.jpg
http://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-21-thumb.jpghttp://wizbangblog.com/images/2006/05/erica-lee-22-thumb.jpg


Chevillar says she's going to quit teaching high school and start selling real estate. She's probably got a pretty big bill to pay to her plastic surgeon for those boobs...


Update: USC Professor Dr. Diana York Blaine was in the news earlier this week for topless photos posted online - in case you'd totally missed the fact that it's sweeps week for local newscasts. You'll probably want to scratch your eyes out; but if you must see you can check her Flickr site (NSFW).

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Comments (211)

The first two pix are semi-... (Below threshold)

The first two pix are semi-OK, but the rest of them -- no way would I want her teaching my grade-school kids.

Anyone else got it bad? Be... (Below threshold)
Jim in Harrisburg:

Anyone else got it bad? Because I know I'M hot for teacher.

So how many people think so... (Below threshold)
brainy435:

So how many people think some poor kid's in for an ass-whooping if the parents who ratted her out are ever disclosed? I had a teacher around her age when I was in high school and her class was the highlight of my day...especially in summer. Good times.

The only person who would be more pissed off than the kids would be the wife of the guy who found the pictures on the internet.....

Man I wish MY social studie... (Below threshold)
Joe:

Man I wish MY social studies teacher (had - 35 years ago) looked like that! I think I'm with Jim on this one. I'm in love (type furtively before the wife catches me)!

She's a lovely girl with a ... (Below threshold)
goddessoftheclassroom:

She's a lovely girl with a terrific figure (admiration, not envy--well, maybe a little). If those photos were taken before she started teaching, she should hold her head up and stay put (as long as she love teaching--if not, she needs to get out regardless of the photos).

If they were taken after she started teaching, I think she has revealed a lack of judgement about the consequences of her actions. We teachers are role models, and, fair or not, we have to hold ourselves to higher standards. She did nothing immoral, just foolish, and that's sin enough for a teacher.

How come all my teachers lo... (Below threshold)
a4g:

How come all my teachers looked like Helen Thomas?

"Bikini" team. Pfffffffff, ... (Below threshold)

"Bikini" team. Pfffffffff, what a marketing ploy.

Whats the problem? was She ... (Below threshold)
chimangaconquistador:

Whats the problem? was She showing the pictures to Her students or what? whatever Shes doing in Her private life is none of their damn business.

I totally went to the wrong... (Below threshold)

I totally went to the wrong school.

All I can say is this is mo... (Below threshold)
Paul:

All I can say is this is more proof our teachers are NOT underpaid...

I mean... If she could afford those things, she must be making a good living. They don't come cheap, especailly considering she bought the big ones.

What is it with Florida tea... (Below threshold)
docjim505:

What is it with Florida teachers??? And why the hell couldn't we have had some like that here in No. Carolina when I was in school???

Quick survey, guys:

Real or fake?

Id say real American Cherry... (Below threshold)
virgo:

Id say real American Cherry Pie !

docjim505: Fake, but "accur... (Below threshold)
JohnW:

docjim505: Fake, but "accurate". :)

Gal's wasting her time teaching - should go for acting/professional modeling. Sure she'd make the big $$.

Paul, As usual, yo... (Below threshold)
jaymaster:

Paul,

As usual, you don't know what the hell you are talking about.

Those bikinis are very small.

Probably all a teacher could afford.....

She looks like that and she... (Below threshold)
Faith+1:

She looks like that and she's going into real estate and no one makes the obvious Pythin reference?

"She has HUGE tracts of land!"

Anyhoo, I wish the educational system paid more attention to holding their teachers to a higher standard when it comes to actually educating children than worrying whether someone had a side career as a model. But try to institute a system that actually measures teacher performance and see what the NEA says...

goddess, I tend to agree wi... (Below threshold)

goddess, I tend to agree with you to a point, but I find it disturbing that while something like this is pursued so diligently, incompetent teachers are defended to the death by the various teachers' unions anytime a "merit-based" pay scale is mentioned.

Furthermore, many teachers provide a positively horrid example for their students in showing blatant favoritism and/or pseudo-nepotism on a daily basis. At least this young lady had the decency to remove as far as possible (by using a pseudonym, etc.) her personal actions and life from her classroom activity.

One wonders who made the "discovery" in this case, and how they can defend their actions in viewing while they demonize this teacher for her actions in providing their preferred viewing material...

Oh, and to Faith+1.....bravo! You hit the nail on the head once again!

And you can pick up any wee... (Below threshold)
PISSSTAIN:

And you can pick up any weekend paper and see men women and children in their underwear and swimsuits. Do you guys actually report news?
~~
Sex ScandaL? A Swimsuit is now "SEX SCANDAL"
You guys aren't talking about THE BUSH HOOKERGATE...?? WTF NOT?
Now I see why this LAME Article.
Really WHO PAYS YOU GUYS TO WRITE SUCH PROPAGANDA? Its Ridiculous.

SO A REPUBLICAN SLUT TEACHER IN THE DRUGIGIE LIMBAUGH STATE OF BUSHIE FLORIDA.
I am not surprised.

AHHH PISS OFF!... (Below threshold)
virgo:

AHHH PISS OFF!

I guess I just don't get it... (Below threshold)
jim:

I guess I just don't get it.

Is the school district saying that they think they can legally forbid an employee from wearing a bathing suit when wearing it is not against the law?

Do they think they can control the internet when there is no pornography involved?

If they say anything detrimental about her in print or in public, let alone attempt to take job action, I suspect she can sue and not have to sell real estate after all.

(below is a copy from Erica... (Below threshold)
Toddk:

(below is a copy from Erica Lee's scouting profile at this year's Bikini Team combine at the Hooterdome)

Erica Lee
5'6"
110lbs

Strengths- Girl next door looks, big knockers

Weaknesses- major lacking in the ass department

Projection- a late round pick, somebody will take her for developmental purposes, if she gets on a first name basis with her stairmaster she could turn into a fine pick

I would say that if she is ... (Below threshold)
Jeff S:

I would say that if she is a math teacher I dont see where the problem is, because from my view everything I see ADDS up perfectly.

There was a very good reaso... (Below threshold)

There was a very good reason I moved to Florida. It starts at the beaches. The public beaches, where everyone, including high school teachers, tends to wear bathing suits. Abbreviated bathing suits.

The principal subjects are covered in those photos. There's nothing indecent about them. I suspect that Ms. Lee's students--the male ones anyway--tend to pay rigorous attention in class.

And no, teachers did not look like that when I was in HS. Dammit.

God bless America. And her... (Below threshold)
JimK:

God bless America. And her bikini team.

Hmmmm.HOLY CRAP!</... (Below threshold)
ed:

Hmmmm.

HOLY CRAP!

Why is it that all of my teachers looked like Zorba the Greek?

And that's regardless of gender btw.

Hmmm.I think I'm g... (Below threshold)
ed:

Hmmm.

I think I'm going to save a few of these pictures to my harddrive ... as evidence ... yeah that's the ticket. Evidence. In case WizBang explodes or something. Or whatever the hell computers do.

:):)

It would be important to kn... (Below threshold)

It would be important to know just what kind of morality clause in in her contract, and the date of the participation in the "team."

If I cared about such things.

Thanks for the eye candy Paul.

I was under the impression ... (Below threshold)

I was under the impression that as long as a teacher's actions outside of school do not disrupt his or her classroom, then the school board, principal, and/or superintendent do not have the right to fire or punish the teacher.

Would any of her students have known about her modeling if somebody hadn't told them? She obviously kept it seperate from her teaching career, so what's the big deal?

Um, I guess I don't see wha... (Below threshold)

Um, I guess I don't see what all the fuss is about. It's not like she was making her students write term papers on why President Bush is the anti-Christ and why the attacks of 9/11 were staged. Anyway, I'd say that her breasts are fake.

Faith +1 and Jamie... (Below threshold)
goddessoftheclassroom:

Faith +1 and Jamie

I completely agree. The best way the NEA could improve conditions for teachers is to review vigorously their members and provide a forum for hearings regarding incompetence. It should develop a Professional Review Portfolio system in which its members provide copies of their lesson plan notes, including documentation of what state standards they cover. It should include copies of evaluations and a record of the students' score spread. It should also includes the teachers' students' standardized test scores for the subject, including ability index, attendance & discpline record, and demographics. It should include an annual survey completed by the students and their parents with objective yes/no responses. Together these items would reveal which teachers needed to "fix" something; if the teacher didn't improve the next year (with closer supervision), the teacher should be let go.

Good teachers have nothing to fear from evaluation, but student test scores are not enough; there is too much beyond the control of the teacher herself (or himself).

I realize it's a free count... (Below threshold)
"Candy":

I realize it's a free country and all that - but as a teacher in a small town I'll say this: we are public servants, and we do have an obligation to "stay within the lines", so to speak. A lot of my students (high school dropouts returning to get their diplomas) don't have much at home to use as a point of reference - many of them are in the police log off and on, and many of their PARENTS and GRANDPARENTS have police records. If we, their teachers, can act as a surrogate parent/role model, it can really change a life.

I personally don't have a problem with what she did - it's MILD compared to much of what we see and hear these days. However, I can certainly see where the administration might feel the pressure to cave.

Real on the outside... so w... (Below threshold)
LJD:

Real on the outside... so who cares about the 'filling'?

C'mon..why do I always have... (Below threshold)
Cro:

C'mon..why do I always have to say the obvious?

I'D HIT IT!!

KevinAre you tryin... (Below threshold)

Kevin

Are you trying to finally get rid of those last two or three pesky GIRLS that read this blog?

You really should consider putting up a separate branch of Wizbang, something like Wizbang Whores or Wizbang Gangbang, so you can all sit around and be pigs without alienating the regulars here.

Not to worry. This is now my last visit, and I'm sure the last of others, too. I can see where I (as an icky GIRL--cooties!) am not welcome or wanted. After all, if I don't approve, I must be fat/old/ugly/bitter and probably just need a good hard assfu*king, right?

Nice circle jerk, guys. Pathetic. While you guys are sitting around furiously jerking each other off, I'll be somewhere else where the people actually have some self-respect.

Oink oink!

"if you must see you can ch... (Below threshold)
LOL:

"if you must see you can check her Flickr site (NSFW)"

Shorter Kevin: I have a "respectable" site, I'm just "reporting the news." But IF YOU MUST...wink wink...

Even Shorter Kevin: Oh, please Google, hit me!

Shortest Kevin: ... where's that sock?

Maybe - " if I don't app... (Below threshold)
Cro:

Maybe - " if I don't approve, I must be fat/old/ugly/bitter and probably just need a good hard assfu*king, right?"

Not necessarily, but I bet your absolutely no fun in bed... and don't bother to add that I'll never know..because honestly, sister...I wouldn't want to.