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Friday, December 12, 2008
Former adult film star resigns from Vineland school aide job

The Daily Journal in Vineland reports:

Louisa Tuck, the cafeteria and playground aide whose former career as an adult entertainer attracted intense media scrutiny last month, has offered her resignation to the Vineland Board of Education.

In a one-sentence letter to MaryAnn Greenfield, Vineland Public Schools' executive director of personnel, Tuck said she is "resigning in good standing" from her position at D'Ippolito Elementary School. 

The effective date of her resignation was Monday, Dec. 8, according to the letter. 

Tuck had been performing for many years as Crystal Gunns, an adult film star who also posed for many nude-magazine photo shoots and performed stage shows. Tuck told The Daily Journal she left the adult entertainment industry five years ago, although the Web site bearing her name, Crystalgunns.com, is still active. 

Vineland Public Schools officials hired Tuck in June for a $5,772-a-year part-time job as an aide. Shortly thereafter, her former career -- and the pictures and videos of her performing still available on the Web -- came to the attention of parents and school officials. 

Parents complained to both D'Ippolito School and the district's central administration office, according to e-mail exchanges, obtained under the state's Open Public Records Act, between Principal Gail Curcio and district officials. 

School Board President Frank Giordano openly called for her termination, but Superintendent Charles Ottinger said attorneys for the school district and New Jersey School Board Association advised the district against taking action. 

On Thursday, Ottinger said Tuck's resignation was not demanded by the school district.
"We did not ask for this. We did not require it. We did not force it," Ottinger said. 

Tuck's letter to Greenfield does not indicate why she is leaving the district, and it is not clear if the attention paid to her former career played into her decision.


Tuck's attorney, Jeff DiLazzero, did not return repeated calls for comment on Thursday.

Tuck also works as a supervisor for children's programs at the Vineland YMCA. Executive Director and CEO George Steinbronn said Thursday she is still employed there. 

Ottinger said Thursday Tuck's resignation is not official until the Board of Education approves it at the next regular meeting, scheduled for Jan. 21. However, he said, Tuck could rescind her resignation at any time before the vote. If she does change her mind before then, Ottinger reasoned, the board would keep her on because they had not asked her to step down.

Read more breaking news in our From The Source blog.

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Posted 08:36 AM, 12/12/2008
fafafooey
Good thing they fired her - she might have had sex with the students. Oh wait, she wasn't a teacher...
Posted 08:43 AM, 12/12/2008
Justmy2cents
I think it is a shame that people made such a stink about this. What she did years ago was not illegal. Yes she was working with kids but evidently she was not trying to have sex with the students or talking about inappropriate subjects with them. People can change and I am sure that many of the people who complained would be ashamed if some of the things they did in the past came out. People really need to get a life and mind their own business.
Posted 08:45 AM, 12/12/2008
poedude99
I'm very tired of school district losers hiding behind children... all the kids learn about are authority issues. gerald clough http://www.savagerun.com
Posted 01:36 PM, 12/12/2008
fsilber
If any of her prior work was girl-on-girl, she could sue for sexual-orientation discrimination. In fact, the desire for public sex in general might be considered a sexual orientation, discrimination against it therefore being outlawed.
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