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To: jlallen who wrote (7805)	5/18/2004 8:02:49 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 90947

Today's recommendation for summary termination of employment. The teachers who allowed this: Students Watch Beheading Video At School May 17, 2004 By Liz Rocca komotv.com MUKILTEO - Just hearing about the video taped execution of American Nick Berg is disturbing and explicit enough. But some local high school students are watching it at school - with teachers. Some parents are outraged. By all accounts, the beheading of Berg on videotape is graphic. It's so disturbing that most mainstream media outlets have chosen not to air it. But you can find it on the internet. That's what students did in Mukilteo - and their teachers watched with them. Those who have seen the videotaped beheading say Berg's screams go on for several minutes. In the end his captors hold up his severed head. At Mariner High School, near Mulkilteo, at least two classrooms of 9th graders saw it all on school computers. "I think it's appalling in this day and age," said a parent named Penny. "Certainly I think the teachers should know better than to do something like that." Peggy Dennis, another parent, said "I would raise a fuss if my 9th grader saw something like that, that's just wrong. Is it too graphic? Ya, it is, it's a lot." Mukilteo School District Administrators say in one case a science teacher watched the video with the students, then told them to shut it off. The same day, an English teacher spotted some of her students viewing it . She did nothing to stop it. "Their mistake was they just should have had it shut off immediately as soon as they noticed what it was rather than allow the kids to continue to watch it," explained Andy Muntz, Mukilteo School District Spokesman. Both teachers were placed on administrative leave. The same thing happend to a teacher at Grossmont High in El Cajon, California a suburb of San Diego. "He showed us pictures on the internet," said one student, "and listened to audio and my friend and I we left the room to go to the restroom because we couldn't handle it anymore." In this case, the teacher deliberately showed students the video as part of a lesson plan. In Mukilteo, the district is still sorting out exactly why the teachers allowed kids to watch the beheading, and what the penalties might be. "Something should be done, something should be done," said Davis. Late Monday the Mukilteo School District decided the teachers in this case did nothing wrong and they will be allowed to come back to work on Tuesday. Similar incident also happened in the Kent and Parkland areas last week.