Sunday, April 08, 2007

Not Exactly Why Schools Have Cable....


School District Investigates Porn Bill

Apr 7, 10:49 PM (ET)

UNION CITY, N.J. (AP) - School district officials are trying to identify who watched $250 worth of pay-per-view pornographic movies using a school cable television box, officials said.

Someone after business hours used one of the five cable boxes in the Board of Education building to order the films, priced between $4.95 and $9.95.

The cable provider, Cablevision, has refunded the school district the money, and is helping to investigate the purchases.

School officials have since gotten rid of three of the cable boxes. A board official said the building had cable in case there was an emergency.

4 comments:

NYC Educator said...

What a coincidence. Just the other day, I was sitting by a DoE TV, thinking about watching $250 worth of pornography. Frankly, I'm a little disappointed someone worked out how to do it before I did.

CaliforniaTeacherGuy said...

The only emergency I can think of that would necessitate having cable is getting a porn fix--which, I can see, has been on NYC Educator's mind. Hmm...

IMC Guy said...

I think it's hilarious that this happened at the Board of Ed building. Imagine what would have happened if this would have been at a school or in a department office.

Good point about the emergency CTG!!

Anonymous said...

Oh. My.

Very interesting. Whoever did that one definitely deserves a Darwin Award.