School district suspends pole-dancing teacher
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A middle school teacher who moonlights as a pole-dance instructor has been suspended by a North Carolina school district.
A spokeswoman for Hoke County's public schools didn't specify why Kandice Mason was suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation.
Mason tells WTVD-TV that school officials saw a video of her pole dancing that she posted to her private Facebook account. She says school officials cited a policy that says employees are role models who are "responsible for their public conduct even when they are not performing their job duties."
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Mason says she isn't ashamed of her part-time pastime and sees pole dancing as an artform and a good way to stay in shape.
Mason was due to start teaching sixth grade at West Hoke County Middle School.