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.
There are people infiltrating the tea parties and they are the one's with the racist signs or running to the nearest camera.
When you spot them contact security or organizers.
If none are available confiscate the sign, and claim they are disrupting a civil event with malicious intent.
We have to fight these bastards wherever the pop up.
I was watching O'Reilly and there was an agent provocateur at a Rand Paul rally with an offensive sign, the Fox Producer asked for his name and he turned tail and ran.
The Fox Producer later found him at a Democrat event.
This is the wikipedia take on this type of behavior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_provocateur
Ironic.
You is a racict craker and you gone get shank. < /iwantpie>
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... 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."
“I don’t get it. What’s in it for someone to resign rather than be fired? “
It looks better on one’s resume to leave a position for purposes of greater personal and professional growth than to be canned.
“?Free speech? to a liberal means shouting the person down.”
Or putting lies in Conservative mouths.
Think resume.
As always, AFRAID to debate IDEAS with intelligent conservatives.
I recently asked a lib I’ve known for many years why he never counters my ideas with his. *Every* single time I bring up verifiable facts, he insults me personally. Always sarcasm. “Well, duh, who made you the expert?” and similar well thought out responses.
I expect either no answer or more of the same.
Dat idjit i wanted to be my Presidente....;>)
Just another case for the ACLU.
good riddance, The children are a bit safer without the left indoctrination by this buffoon.
Oddly enough, that's exactly what I dreamed of becoming when I was a child...
</sarcasm>
Great work!
I am sick of these overrated tax funded "workers" promoting their leftist politics on my dime. I has been going on (particularly in schools) in Oregon for decades and it has ALWAYS been against the law.
Paid leave my big fat kazoo. Who gets that besides union represented government employeees? This was an open and shut case. His website code contained the signature of authoring software licensed to the Beaverton School District. His butt should have been tossed to the curb months ago and by now he should be headed for prison.
Early on I said to like minded folks I knew in the district, this is the case with everything needed to make an example, so that others won't be so bold in the future to rob us and use the proceeds against us as government employees have done so much in the past.
I am pleased that this dirtbag is out of a job, but I hope this isn't the end of the story. I want justice - and to me that happens when I see Jason Levin behind bars.
Wow - who would have thunk a teacher would be a radical lefty?
Is this good? I know he was against the tea party group but do we want people getting fired for free speech? Hopefully it is something else that got him the boot.
“Beaverton School District”
Despite what many of you folks think about our state of Oregon...justice does occur occasionally. ;o)
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