Two secondary school teachers were forced to resign after being accused of trying to start a quartet with students.
Alexsia Saldaris left Joseph Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, on April 22 and Jennifer Larson on May 14 after an investigation by the school district.
Both teachers were on a school trip with a student from April 7-9 and the investigation found incriminating Snapchat messages they sent to him.
Saldaris admitted to sending the student five photos of herself in lingerie and kissing him during the trip, according to the district’s summary of the report.
Alexsia Saldaris resigned from Joseph Craig High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, on April 22 after an investigation by the school district.
Larson admitted to exchanging messages with the student “that involved hugging, flirting and the involvement of alcohol.”
Messages sent by both teachers told the student they wanted to hug him and “have fun” with him, and asked if another student could join.
Saldaris then met with the student on April 9 and gave him the keys to a school district van used on the trip so he could “roll around” in the parking lot.
While she was changing her shoes in the back of the truck, the couple kissed, according to the report summary.
That night was when she sent the racy photos to the student and made plans in Snapchat messages to meet up the next weekend.
Jennifer Larson admitted to exchanging messages with the student ‘that involved hugging, flirting and the involvement of alcohol.’
Saldaris admitted to sending the student five photos of herself in lingerie and kissing the student during the trip.
Nothing else happened between any of the three that weekend, but things began to unravel the day after the trip.
Larson reported her colleague to Craig High Principal Alison Bjoin for allowing the student to drive the van.
Saldaris responded by sending the student a Snapchat message that morning telling him it was necessary to end the “relationship,” according to the report’s summary.
Then, on the morning of April 11, another teacher confronted a group of students laughing at a phone and saw Saldaris’ photos.
The teacher went directly to Bjoin and told him that she was “95 percent sure” that the photos they were laughing at were of Saldaris in lingerie.
School officials confronted the teachers when they discovered more about what happened and both admitted what they had done.
The teachers were investigated by officials at Joseph Craig High School in Janesville, Wis., and the district, and resigned.
They were placed on administrative leave on April 12 and the school district began its investigation.
Larson was a Craig High advisor for Wisconsin DCEA, a program for future student leaders and entrepreneurs, which Saldaris participated in as a student.
The report details how a teacher who learned about the Snapchat messages and teachers’ conduct during the trip told some “prominent” local residents, who then notified the school district.
Larson also admitted that on another occasion he told a student that a girl he was dating wasn’t “good enough” for him.
The Janesville Police Department is investigating to determine if any crime was committed.