June 5, 2009
Teacher/Child Molester Collects Teaching Salary
Convicted child molester continues to receive salary from the state of Alabama:
Former teacher Charlene Schmitz is behind bars in a federal detention center in Tallahassee, Florida, serving 10 years for using texts and instant messages to seduce a 14-year-old student.
She has been fired from her job as a reading teacher at the high school in Leroy, Alabama.
But she is still collecting a paycheck.
Schmitz is appealing her federal conviction — and her firing. State charges filed in connection with the case are pending. Under the law in Alabama, she is still entitled to her $51,000-a-year salary while she appeals her firing.
School officials are not happy that they now have to pay both Schmitz and her replacement. But her attorney says they must obey the law.
Add this to my list of reasons I’m happy that I don’t live in the state of Alabama!
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