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Fairfield County Educator Fired After Video Shows Him Making Sexual Comments About Students
A teacher at a private school has been fired after a hidden camera video was posted on YouTube allegedly showing him making inappropriate comments about his female students in Fairfield County. The video of Iman Rasti, a teacher, writing director, and middle school dean at Green Farms Academy in Westport first surfaced online on Project Veritas on Thursday, Nov. 10. By Friday, Nov. 11, the school had fired Rasti, according to a letter sent to parents and obtained by Daily Voice. "Dr. Rasti claimed that the statements in the edited video were taken out of context," wrote Bob Whelan, he…
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CT AG Opens Probe Into Greenwich Schools' Hiring Practices After Assistant Principal's Video
Connecticut's attorney general announced his office has launched a civil rights investigation into the hiring practices of a Fairfield County school district after a video went viral of an assistant principal making comments about his hiring practices. Attorney General William Tong said Thursday, Sept. 1, he plans to investigate the Greenwich Public School District for any potentially illegal discrimination or other actionable misconduct related to the video that "appears to contain troubling, discriminatory statements that appear to have been made by a Greenwich public school official." Th…
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Assistant Principal In Fairfield County Placed On Leave After Controversial Statements On Video
This story has been updated. A school district in Connecticut is launching an investigation after an assistant principal who has now been placed on administrative leave allegedly made statements caught on video regarding hiring practices that included not employing conservatives, Catholics, older applicants, and those not progressive. The incident in Fairfield County has caused a firestorm among the Greenwich School District and has city officials also calling for a full investigation. The video featuring Cos Cob Elementary School Assistant Principal Jeremy Boland was posted online by the …