Teacher ‘Miss Rusty’ loses sacking claim over racy school novel
A WEST Yorkshire teacher who persuaded difficult pupils to read by making them characters in a risque novel today lost her case against unfair dismissal.
Leonora Rustamova, nicknamed Miss Rusty by pupils at Calder High school at Mytholmroyd near Halifax, was sacked for gross misconduct in 2009 after the book appeared on an internet self-publishing site.
It made sexual references and a comparison between two teenagers and “gorgeous Mr Gay UK finalists”.
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Hide AdIn a reserved judgement today, after an Employment Tribunal heard in Leeds, the teacher had her bid for reinstatement thrown out.
The tribunal had heard she was “utterly astonished” when told she was being suspended from the £34,000-a-year job to which she was “totally devoted”.
Mrs Rustamova, 40, was sacked after a disciplinary hearing. She had held the job for almost 11 years.
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