Teacher Fired for Showing R-Rated Movie

The Wando High School teacher who showed students an R-rated movie has been terminated, according to a school system statement. 

Christopher Poston, 36, was apparently terminated Wednesday after an internal investigation into the matter. Police reports indicate Poston showed a group of students several minutes of a lewd comedy in which an actor placed his sock-puppet-covered genitalia into a cage with a posionous snake.

Read more about the Poston investigation.

Mount Pleasant police were also looking into the incident after school officials reported the situation to police. The matter came to school officials' attention after a student's mother reported it via email.

Poston reportedly showed several minutes of the movie "Jackass Number Two" to a Latin class he was covering for another teacher. He told school officials in a statement that his actions were "inexcusable," according to a police report.

Poston, himself a Wando graduate, distinguished himself as an innovative teacher, according to students who defended him on various websites this week. A support petition garnered more than 1,500 signatures online.