Judge Rules California Middle School Teacher Can't Return to Work Because of Porn Past

A history in porn more dangerous to a teaching career than rank incompetence

A middle-school science teacher fired after students learned she had appeared in pornographic movies had hoped not just to get her job back, but to set a precedent for people looking to escape an embarrassing personal history.

A three-judge commission put a decisive stop to both, saying firmly and unanimously that Stacie Halas should not be in the classroom.