Students and teachers of an all-age school in St Andrew last week received the shock of their lives when a female teacher at the institution bent over and spread her buttocks in an act of disrespect to the principal.

A teacher at the school, who yesterday spoke to THE STAR on condition of anonymity, said the incident had left many at the school outraged at the very nerve of the teacher, whom term as "ghetto fabulous".

The principal would not confirm or deny the incident. However, an official at the school said that the episode occurred as the principal approached the teacher with a camera attempting to take a picture of her (the teacher) selling students snacks from her classroom. The source said this was against established rules at the school. However, the teacher had breached this guideline several times and continued to do so, despite numerous warnings.

"When the principal approached her, she (the teacher) just bent over and showed the principal her bottom, she did it twice," the source said. "She did not pull down her clothes or anything, but you still get the message."

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The source continued: "She did this in full view of others, there were some of her students there who ran about afterwards saying that 'teacher gave principal her ..."

Information reaching The Star says that the teacher, who teaches grade-eight students, is well-known for her defiance and obnoxious behaviour.

"She nuh ave nuh manners, nuh nuttin," one person said. "Yuh tell her morning and she not even responds. She won't even dress appropriately for work. She come here dressed in rubber flip-flop, tight colourful pants, tight blouse that sometimes shows her belly. Plus, she wears the most ghetto weaves every day." The source continued: "The principal even tried going to classroom recently to carry out an assessment exercise and she shut the classroom door, locking out the principal."

Further claims are that the teacher is almost always late for her classes and exercises very little supervision over her students. One official at the school said that students who pass through the teacher's class usually play catch up in grade 9 as they are taught very little while under her tutoring. "All she does is sit, sells snacks, and stares into space, she hardly teaches anything," the official disclosed.

Attempts to get a contact for the teacher at the middle of the saga were unsuccessful.

The school official told The Star that the institution would be taking disciplinary actions against the teacher for her disrespectful display of unprofessionalism.