Teacher Shows Kids ‘Striptease’

They came to class to study computers. Instead, fourth-graders were shown the R-rated movie “Striptease,” featuring a topless Demi Moore.

The 55-year-old public school teacher was removed from classroom duties pending an investigation.

“Everybody here was very surprised at his bad judgment,” Chicago Board of Education spokeswoman Susan Vargas said. “How could he do something like that? He should know better.”

The teacher, whom authorities refused to identify, did not explain why he showed the video to the students Wednesday. He was hired in 1994 without any previous teaching or computer experience, Vargas said.

A parent walking by the class saw nudity on a television screen and told the principal, who shut off the movie and called police and child welfare authorities.

The 1996 movie features Moore portraying a mother in a child-custody battle who becomes a stripper to help pay her bills.

Counselors talked to the 20 children about what they had seen and they seem fine, officials said.

Vargas said investigators were trying to determine if the teacher had shown similar videos before.