Crime & Safety
St. Thomas Academy Fires Female Teacher Over 'Inappropriate' Text
Mendota Heights police are investigating an alleged inappropriate text between a teacher and St. Thomas Academy High School students.
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN β A female teacher at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, an all-boys school, has been fired after allegedly sending "inappropriate and concerning text messages" to at least three students. The text messages involved discussion of drugs and alcohol, according to Mendota Heights police.
Mendota Heights police are investigating the alleged inappropriate text between a teacher and several students. St. Thomas Academy Headmaster Matthew Mohs told the Pioneer Press that school officials learned of one inappropriate text sent to a student Monday:
School officials initially were not sure who sent the text, but by midday Tuesday βwe had enough confidence that we had the right adult and that we should have legitimate concerns about the behavior.β
The school fired the teacher Tuesday.
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