Don't fire lap-dancing teachers: student

A high school student who posted a cellphone video on Facebook showing two Winnipeg teachers lap dancing at a pep rally wants them to remain on staff.

Saigha Vincent, 14, said the teachers, both from Churchill High School, have faced enough ridicule and embarrassment as a result of the video going viral online.

"I think that they should keep their jobs," Vincent said. "It was just a really bad judgment call.

"Most people really like [those] teachers and after all those years of schooling, it shouldn't just be thrown away because of one bad mistake."

'I think that they should keep their jobs. It was just a really bad judgment call.' — Saigha Vincent, Churchill High School student

The incident took place during a spirit week dance competition in the school gymnasium attended by staff members and about 100 students.

In the video, the teachers — a man and a woman — can be seen grinding against each other while the woman sits in a chair placed in the middle of the gym floor. The man straddles her and bends over while she slaps his behind and playfully tucks pretend money into his waistband.

At one point, the man simulates oral sex by bobbing his head several times near the woman's genitals.

Vincent put the video on her Facebook page and from there it went worldwide.

The Winnipeg School Division is still deciding the fate of the two teachers. Both teachers have been sent home without pay but have not been officially suspended.

Since being posted after the dance Feb. 17, the video has also been featured on news broadcasts around the world.

A second video, with a different angle of the sexually suggestive dance, has since surfaced on YouTube, where Vincent's video has been watched more than 500,000 times.

While she doesn't regret putting the images out there, Vincent said she thinks the teachers have been humiliated enough.

"I think that the best [thing] is to just forget about it and move on," she said. "People could try at least. I want to right now, actually."