As some people may or may not know, what gets reported in the media often isn't always...exactly...entirely...the whole truth.
Paul Harvey called. He said, " You have no idea."
This teacher who "molested" a "child" gave a fully-clothed lap dance to a 15 year old as a result of a year-long running joke in the class about her giving a student a lap dance. The incident happened on February 26th, but they didn't remove her from the classroom until April 24th, nearly 2 months later, when she was arrested and placed on paid administrative leave. Two months? That's odd. It's also odd that students, teachers, staff and parents held a protest rally the next day at the school in support of this "molester."
An online comment from student Chloe Carranza, "I go to Stovall Middle School & y'all don't know her like we do so please be free to take several seats & stfu. Mrs.smith was the one who kept everyone's heads up and kept them from dropping out of school. Everyone loves her because she is that type of teacher that keeps it 100 and I know it might sound bad but she is just a goofy playful lady like that and y'all looking at so wrong."
And an online comment from someone who works at the school, "This is an example of a racially motivated head hunt orchestrated by the principal of Stovall Middle School, the teacher that took the phone from the student that had the video and the head of the Aldine Dept. of School and Safety that includes the Aldine ISD Police Dept., who just so happened to have been a Principal himself at Nimitz High where she was a teacher previously with a particular disdain for Ms. Smith. The charge is "Improper RELATIONSHIP with a child. I challenge anyone to investigate and inquire for themselves and look at the overwhelming support that's coming from the staff, teachers, student, alumni, friends and family who KNOW Ms. Smith. The media attention from this was initiated by the district head trying to cover his own indiscretions for the current principal. The teacher that turned in the video verbally threatened the students in his class when confronted by them. Trust me, a whole lot of truths will be revealed at trial, yes there will be a trial."
If it was really and truly a bone fine lap dance the way it's being reported, with great salacious Puritanism, she'd have been out of there toot sweet the next day. Instead, it took them two months of digging to come up with "an improper relationship with a student." Lame.