Scott said she told the students that she is “pansexual,” meaning, “I like anyone, despite male, female, non-binary, transgender.”Īfter that, students drew flags representing their own sexualities, and school leaders reacted by forcing her to crumple up the drawings and throw them out, she added. “A lot of the kid came up to me, like, ‘Oh, well I’m non-binary,’ and a couple kids said, ‘Oh, well I’m bi.’ One kid said they’re gay,” she said. Scott explained that she had a discussion about sexuality with her students. “A discussion happened in class, and because of that, now I’m fired.” Records show she previously worked as a kitchen helper on four other occasions.“I was just being myself,” Casey Scott, who taught art at Trafalgar Middle School in Cape Coral, Florida, told NBC2. 14, she switched jobs upon request and is working as the assigned porter for the prison’s programs area, the DOC said. In May 2020, she filed for divorce from her husband of four years, Daniel Zamora, calling the relationship “broken beyond repair.”
This booking photo provided by the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Office shows Brittany Zamora, a former suburban Phoenix elementary school teacher convicted for sexually abusing a 13-year-old student. She pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor and reduced charges of molestation of a child and public sexual indecency, and was sentenced in July 2019. The victim told investigators that he and the married 27-year-old teacher had sex several times in her car and classroom. Zamora was arrested in March 2018 and accused of molesting her sixth-grade student. Zamora was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens in Phoenix. Brittany Zamora wipes away a tear as her attorney, Belen Olmedo Guerra, pats her shoulder. She was found to meet the requirements for the position because she had no disciplinary issues during her incarceration, the agency said. APĪccording to the DOC, Zamora requested the work assignment and was cleared following a protocol screening process. “The education classrooms are also under video surveillance at all times and monitored by security staff.” Brittany Zamora taught fellow inmates behind bars, according to prison records. She was directly supervised while working at all times by educational instructors, and the classrooms are routinely checked and monitored by Security staff, COII’s and/or supervisors,” the DOC said. “Inmate Zamora assisted the education staff in teaching the inmate students, in a group setting. The depraved ex-elementary school teacher assisted education staff at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Perryville, but only in supervised group settings, the DOC said in a statement to Law & Crime, which first reported the assignment. 14, according to online records from the Arizona Department of Corrections database. Ghislaine Maxwell removed from two-year ‘torture’ of solitary, can get visitors at Brooklyn prisonĬonvicted murderer on the lam after escaping from Alabama work releaseĮric Adams begs for a ‘chance’ to fix Rikers after feds threaten independent takeoverĪ former Arizona teacher serving a 20-year sentence for sexually abusing her 13-year-old student has spent time tutoring fellow inmates behind bars, prison records show.īrittany Zamora, 30, was assigned as a tutor/educator between Sept. Louisiana juvenile inmates who escaped with security officer have been caught: police