School officials investigate Beaverton teacher who urged people to crash the Tea Party
By Melissa Navas, The Oregonian
April 14, 2010, 5:55PM
BEAVERTON -- Beaverton School District officials are conducting an internal investigation to decide whether a Conestoga Middle School teacher, who encouraged people on the Internet to "infiltrate" the Tea Party, crossed the line by using school property or time to work on his Web site.Jason Levin, a media lab technology teacher, has come under fire from Tea Party supporters and bloggers worldwide for creatingcrashtheteaparty.org, which said it was part of a national movement to "dismantle and demolish the Tea Party by any non-violent means necessary."
Tea Party crashers should use misspelled protest signs, make wild claims during interviews or other actions that would damage public opinion of the