So here's the deal: Jason Robinson, the 32-year-old head football coach at Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, Fla., emailed sexually explicit video and pics of himself to his 20-year-old girlfriend, who is a student at the University of Central Florida. Somehow, the girl's mother intercepted the pics, which were sent to her daughter's cell phone. Mom then emailed them to the administrators at Robinson's high school, raising holy hell. The high school's principal, Dr. Donna Richardson, immediately fired the coach. Boom, done. So ... that's it, but I must be missing something here, right? Because there are no teachers sleeping with 15-year-old students, or nude photos being sent from coaches to 14-year-olds, or cheerleader sexting, or anything that insures our school system is always in the news. Here's the principal's letter to the coach:
"Effective today you have been reassigned to Bulls Bay for the remainder of this school year. You are not to come back onto our campus, and we will make arrangements to get any of your personal belongings to you. You are also being non-reappointed for the next school year. It is regretful it had to come to this, but I believe you understand the situation."
"We hold our teachers to a higher standard. They are in front of our students. They're talking with our students. They're teaching our students how to become good characters," Johnson said. "So we do look at that, but we're really focused on any policy violations that might have occurred."
Because Robinson is within the first three years of his contract, the school can legally fire him for any reason. Oh, and the 20-year-old girl in question has a 17-year-old sister who attends Mandarin High.
