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Sunday, December 20, 2009

Arizona teacher on leave after taking choral students to Hooters - USATODAY.com


Arizona teacher on leave after taking choral students to Hooters - USATODAY.com:

"A music teacher whose students performed at one of President Obama's inauguration events has been put on administrative leave after taking 40 students to eat at a Hooters in downtown Phoenix.

Mary Segall, a choir director at Paradise Valley High School in northeast Phoenix, accompanied choral students at a performance at Arizona Center last week. While there, the students ate lunch at the Hooters restaurant, said Judi Willis, spokeswoman for the district.

Segall told her principal that the restaurant, known for its busty waitresses in tight shirts and orange shorts, was the only place that could accommodate a group of that size. She could not be reached for comment.

'We believe that there are many venues for lunch for a large group of people in the downtown Phoenix"