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Teacher Suspended After Showing ‘Sexual Self-gratification’ Video in Class

WILKES-BARRE — The Wilkes-Barre Area School District will make a final decision about how to discipline a teacher who was suspended over a video that was ...
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WILKES-BARRE -- The Wilkes-Barre Area School District will make a final decision about how to discipline a teacher who was suspended over a video that was shown in class. The video had to do with "sexual self-gratification."

In Wilkes-Barre area's public schools, the subject of self-gratification is discussed. One official says it's not celebrated or condemned.

Wilkes-Barre area school officials say the video was not part of the Coughlin High School curriculum for the teacher who reportedly showed it. That teacher has now been suspended.

The video titled "Is Masturbation Good For You?" can be seen on YouTube by anyone and is labelled educational. It uses animation and a lot of statistics to explain the effects of sexual self-gratification. But there are also parts that graphically explain the concept of self-gratification.

Some people may consider these parts too graphic for students in a high school science class.

Wilkes-Barre Area Superintendent Bernard Prevuznak said there is not much he can say about the video and the suspended teacher because it is a personnel issue, but sources close to the case say that after at least one parent complained, school officials reviewed the case and the superintendent found it "inappropriate."

"It really had nothing to do with that curriculum and we took the necessary measurements that we had to," Prevuznak said.

The Wilkes-Barre Area School Board could decide the next step at its next meeting.

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