Mayor Bloomberg says he wants confessed hooker teacher Melissa Petro yanked from classroom

Mayor Bloomberg says he wants confessed hooker teacher Melissa Petro yanked from classroom

BY ERIN EINHORN AND RACHEL MONAHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Wednesday, September 29th 2010, 2:31 PM

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Bloomberg said the city is investigating its "legal rights" regarding teacher Melissa Petro.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg personally asked to yank the former "sex worker"-turned-teacher from her elementary school classroom last week, he said.

Bloomberg also said the city is investigating its "legal rights" regarding Bronx art teacher Melissa Petro, stopping short of saying she would immediately be fired.

"We're just not going to have this woman in front of a class," he said at a Wednesday

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