Posted on 08/20/2010 1:22:15 PM PDT by ThreeYearLurker
Beaverton middle school teacher Jason Levin, who founded the now notorious "Crash the Tea Party" website, is no longer a teacher.
Jason Levin Levin resigned Wednesday in lieu of termination, said Beaverton School District Legal Counsel Camellia Osterink.
District officials would not say why Levin was facing dismissal, but that it followed an internal investigation into his use of public resources and time spent at school.
"There was some question whether that conduct occurred during the work day," Osterink said of Levin's work on the website.
Reached today, Levin said, "My attorney has advised me not to comment."
His attorney, Adam Arms of Portland, could not be immediately reached.
Levin, a media lab technology teacher at Conestoga Middle School, drew international attention last spring after creating crashtheteaparty.org. The now defunct site had said it was part of a national movement to "dismantle and demolish the tea party by any nonviolent means necessary."
The site encouraged people to infiltrate the tea party, then misspell protest signs, make wild claims during interviews and perform other public actions that would damage the public's opinion of the tea party.
Hundreds of e-mails and calls streamed into the district in April from as far away as Chile, some calling for Levin's removal and questioning his fitness to teach. District spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler said at the time that Levin's political views were not part of the investigation.
District officials placed Levin on paid administrative leave in mid-April but returned him to the classroom about two weeks later after determining he was not a threat to students, said Sue Robertson, chief human resources officer.
But the investigation continued and concluded the week before school let out for the summer with a recommendation to dismiss Levin, Robertson said. He was placed on paid administrative leave for the final week of classes.
The school board planned to consider his dismissal on Wednesday when they received word that he had resigned. Levin, who has a master's degree in instructional technology education, had just finished his third year with the district.
It's not over for Levin yet. The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, which oversees teacher licensing, is continuing its investigation into possible neglect of duty, said Melody Hanson, director of professional practices.
Despite his resignation, the agency can revoke or suspend his license, issue a public reprimand or keep him from reapplying for a license in the future.
Sounds like he's one of the reasons we need closer scrutiny of government spending.
This guy made some fast friends.
I don't get it. What's in it for someone to resign rather than be fired?
>>>Others though... leave a trail on the net you can see from space...<<<
My strategy is a little different from yours. I assume that someday someone will be able to see everything I post, anywhere, no matter what pseudonyms I use. Therefore, I go out of my way to make sure that my comments can’t be seen as obscene, overly rude, or racist. The Internet is a lot like the road in front of my house. Every time I use the Internet, I’m standing in the middle of the road. Most of time, where I live, nobody sees me, but that doesn’t mean that nobody can if they want to.
Anything really private is written on paper and put on the bookshelf.
As far as this teacher goes... what an embarressment to the profession.
> “Free speech” to a liberal means shouting the person down.
And putting words in his mouth.
These are Bolsheviks. They are all about theater.
The Russian work Bolshevik means majority. They called their opposition Menshevik, which means minority. This, in spite of the opposite being true.
Just like the Soviets, descendents of the Bolsheviks, naming their major news outlets Pravda, which means Truth, and Isvestia, which means The News.
The Russian proletariat had a saying about their two major news outlets.
Translated from the Russian, and using Pravda and Isvestia in the pun, it was, “In the News there is no Truth, and in the Truth there is no News.”
Probably is a NAMBLA member in good standing and that is what got him the gate.
my pleasure... 
My buddy lives next door to this dude and says he is the biggest jerk he has ever met.
Can’t collect if you resign your position. Must be laid-off or terminated without cause. In theory, however the rules are very relaxed now.
bummer dude!
This jackarse lost the dream job of all liberals....public skool teacher. Next stop...flipping burgers
Dang, you found me!
not. ;)
is available on.. www.godaddy.com
I would have bought it but I'm trying to get my website up
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Aw this just breaks my heart..:>)
Loser. Freak. Waste of skin.
Probably the smartest thing he has done in his life.
Yeah, that was fun!
Especially that iwantpie idjit.
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