CNN.com - Art teacher in hot water over topless photos - Jun 17, 2006: "AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Until they found the topless photos, Austin High School officials considered Tamara Hoover an excellent art teacher with a knack for helping students find their creativity.
Now, she's fighting for her job.
The photos, which were posted on Flickr.com by her partner, depict Hoover in the shower, lifting weights, getting dressed, in bed and doing other routine activities.
Hoover said Friday the photos are art and makes no apologies.
'I'm an artist and I'm going to participate in the arts,' Hoover said. 'If that's not something they want me to do then I want to be told that. I don't feel as if I was doing anything that was beyond expectations.'
The school district said the photos were inappropriate and violate the 'higher moral standard' expected of public school teachers. As she was escorted out of class last month she was told that she's become an ineffective teacher."
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