Brianna Coppage, Teaching, Money, And Morality Clauses

Should a teacher be fired for being on Only fans if the school district isn’t paying her to make ends meet?

The essence of this Brianna Coppage case is that she worked in a low-paying school district in Missouri and had an OnlyFans page to help make her ends meet. She was fired when someone, apparently one of her supervisors at the school, found the page. I am not sure of the specific terms of the firing, although it seems it would be related to a potentially boiler-plate “morality clause” in her contract.

For her part, Coppage told this to The New York Post:

“There is this expectation that teachers should be the moral leaders of students, and I do not disagree with that … I taught the curriculum. I taught students reading and writing, and I didn’t guide them on my thoughts or beliefs. … And I can’t control what people think of me. I just know that who I am as a person, I’m not doing anything illegal. I am a good friend. I am a good family member. That is all I can…