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Students Harrass Brooklyn Teacher, Board Blames Her
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Billy Parker
Published Aug 2, 2008
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A Williamsburg high school teacher is filing a federal discrimination complaint against the Department of Education. After three years of complaining about students fondling her, calling her a "b-- licker," and flinging condoms at one another, the only response the NY Daily News says social studies teacher Theresa Reel got was a scolding from the Department of Ed for wearing a "low cut, V-neck, lace top" that was deemed "inappropriate attire." Reel claims that she doesn't even own such a top and that she has waited this long to take action against the Department ignoring her because of fears of what would happen to her job without having tenure.
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