Yesterday, the Bronx public school teacher who resigned from teaching after her writings about working as a Craigslist sex worker got her on the front page of every local rag hitched her wagon to notorious celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred. But we couldn't figure out why Melissa Petro did, especially since she had already agreed not to sue the Board of Education or the city. But it turns out she has more civic concerns in mind: she told reporters yesterday that she was developing a creative writing program for teens at risk for sexual exploitation. But our favorite Post columnist wasn't so charmed by her announcement: "This is one whore with chutzpah," wrote Walmart-loving, geese-hating Andrea Peyser. more ›

Obviously this day would come: The Daily News reports that Melissa Petro, best known as the Bronx public school teacher who admitted she was a Craigslist sex worker on the Huffington Post, "has joined celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred's stable of porn stars, former mistresses and banking beauties." more ›

The Bronx public school teacher whose past as a sex worker made her front page fodder announced her resignation yesterday. In the fall, Melissa Petro was bounced from teaching art at Public School 70 in Mount Eden to the rubber room, after an essay she wrote on being a Craigslist prostitute led to her picture being plastered on the dallies. The Department of Education was reportedly embarrassed by the incident, and was seeking to fire her for "conduct unbecoming" her profession. more ›

Melissa Petro, the teacher who was reassigned from duties as an art teacher in the Bronx to the rubber room after word of her sex worker past became front page fodder, has a MFA in creative non-fiction and has dabbled in open mic nights. Which means she's more than happy write and/or chat about being thrown into the rubber room. The 30-year-old has a new essay on the Huffington Post ("I have no regrets and have done nothing I'm ashamed of.") and an interview in Marie Claire ("Prostitution is a far from perfect occupation — I will be the first to admit that — but it is an occupation, and it is an occupation that many individuals choose."). She also gives this news flash, "Teachers have s-e-x. That is to say, individuals who work as teachers are still allowed to be sexual beings with adult lives outside the classroom." more ›

The city will navigate the Byzantine, 83-step process it takes to fire a teacher because having a teacher who blogged about her services as a Craigslist sex worker on city payroll is embarrassing! Melissa Petro was removed from teaching duties at PS 70 in the Bronx when the tabloids caught wind of her provocative past, but, since she was recently granted tenure, it's difficult to actually fire her. But now the Department of Education has leveled conduct "unbecoming a teacher" charges at the 30-year-old. more ›

Hey, remember Melissa Petro? She used to teach art at P.S. 70 in the Bronx until her Huffington Post essay about being a sex worker came to light. But now that she's been banished to the rubber room, she's had a lot of time to think...and complain on her Facebook page. According to the Post, Petro wrote, "Still in pieces after being interrogated yesterday by the [Department of Education]. Seriously, I feel like Kanye effen West." more ›

The Post is furious that former stripper and sex worker-turned-P.S. 70 art teacher Melissa Petro has tenure, which means that it will probably be near impossible for the Department of Education to fire her. Though Petro has been reassigned (she's doing administrative work somewhere), kicking her off DOE payroll involves 83 steps, and this Post editorial offers some of them: "Stage 1: Principal recommends firing. Stage 2: Committee reviews principal. Stage 3: Chancellor reviews committee. Stage 4: Hearing reviews chancellor." However, the paper is hopeful, "The Office of Special Investigations is reviewing her case, and city conduct codes and state regulations on "moral character" may prove grounds for firing." more ›

Melissa Petro, an art teacher at P.S. 70 in the Bronx, was reassigned from the school after writing about her past as a stripper and Craigslist sex worker in various online publications, including The Huffington Post ("I accepted money in exchange for sexual services I provided to men I met online in what was then called the 'erotic services' section"). Of course, Petro also performed as various open mic events, and there are videos! more ›

For the past few years, Melissa Petro has been teaching art at P.S. 70 in the Bronx—and more recently, she's been writing about her past as a former sex worker in various publications. Earlier this month, she wrote on the Huffington Post, "From October 2006 to January 2007 I accepted money in exchange for sexual services I provided to men I met online in what was then called the 'erotic services' section of Craigslist.org." Now, the Department of Education has reassigned her during its investigation as P.S. 70 parents say things like "She's not a good role model." more ›