A whistleblower spoke to the media about a teacher allegedly videotaping children despite school district officials threatening to fire him.
“I don’t care if I get fired,” teacher Mark Wilson said. To KVVU-TV About the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“I’m going to cast a vote for the community,” he explained, “to have your kids teach you and tell you that there’s a creepy tech at your school recording your kids and then a creepy Would you rather have all these weirdos who are going around lying about having an engineer tell you?” People in the school district say, “Hey, let’s protect him?” It’s more important to the school district’s public image. No, sorry. ”
Wilson said the district tried to cover up another teacher who was allegedly recording students at Gwendolyn Woolley Elementary School using a device hidden in a smoke detector.
KVVU said it spoke with another teacher who discovered a recording device in the classroom. She said she saw the device on her floor, which she believes fell from the ceiling.
“When I saw the device, I thought, “Oh my god, this looks like a recording device.” “What are you doing here?” the teacher said.
Shortly after, she said, Haroon Zakai, a 44-year-old teacher, visited her and asked for the device. He allegedly struggled with her to get it back and scraped her arm.
“He got down on his knees and said, ‘Please don’t tell anyone. Please don’t call the police. This is going to destroy me,'” she said.
“He just wanted to record kids to find words and phrases that suggested bullying, or specific sounds that an AI could pick up on, so he could start his own business and sell it to parents. “Because we can develop anti-bullying devices that can help us ‘know what’s happening to our children,'” she added.
Wilson said she took photos of the device and Zakai also visited the classroom to explain her side of the story. Wilson said district officials threatened to fire him for insubordination if he complained about the incident to the media.
A letter was then sent to parents from Principal Anna Kuhl-McRae.
“The safety of our students is our top priority at Woolley Elementary School. As always, we want to keep you informed about important issues happening within our school community,” she said in the letter.
“CCSD Police arrested the individual in connection with an investigation that began on Wednesday,” she added. “Early research indicates this problem only affects adults.”
Mr Wilson was upset that the statement claimed only adults were involved when the device was in a classroom containing children with learning disabilities.
Zakai has been placed on paid administrative leave and authorities said he will not be allowed on campus while the investigation continues. He had been employed by the district since February 2022.
Here is a video about this incident:
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