A Brooklyn high school freshman took advantage of the newly lifted cellphone ban by snapping an up-skirt shot of a𒁃 teacher — and the photo was shared by his classmat🍨es on Facebook, The Post has learned.
The 15-year-old student secretly took the picture with his iPhoཧne as the newly hired teacher stood at a🌠 chalkboard at John Dewey High School in Gravesend last week, school sources said.
The freshman’s fellow students ratted out🅷 the teen to school officials Thursday after the image made the rounds on social 🍌media.
That day, the teen was sent to the principal’s office, sources 🌱said.
Police and 🃏officials 🦩from the city Department of Education were called to the school to investigate.
“It’s outrageous to have a kid take an in💃appropriate cellphone picture of a teacher,” a Dewey teacher said Monday. “This is something that should never happen.”
A citywide ban on cellphones on school grounds was lifted on March 2, less than two months൩ after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to overturn the rule.
The rules now vary by school. Students at Dewey are permitted to bring their cellphones to school as long as the devices are turned off and stowed iꦦn their backpacks or lockers throughout the day.
“A lot of teachers are concerned about the lifting of the ban,” a staffer said. “It ꧙has really traumatized the teacher.”
The teacher, hired recently to replace a Spanish instructor who died, w🔯as in school on Mon🌠day but felt violated and was worried that the photo would explode on social media.
Her peev▨ed parents even showed up at the school, threatening to sue the city.
Dewey’s principal, Kathleen Elvꦜin, has not addressed the issue with either teachers or students, staff sources sai🌳d.
But 🌄the boy’s mothe𒐪r stood by her son on Monday, blaming his behavior on the teacher’s choice of attire.
“The teacher was dressed in🎉appropriately,” she told The Post.
But s💮tudents who have seen the teacher around campus said she 🐓wore appropriate clothes.
“She dresses normally,” one student said. “I mean, to me, she doesn’t stand o🍸ut too much. She just 🥃looks young.”
The city Department of Education confirmed the up-skir🍎t incident, saying that it was taking the matter seriously andꦫ that appropriate actions have been taken.
One teacher walking out of the hig🔯h school Monday afternoon said it was not the cellphone policy educators need to be worried about.
“The rules are fi🦩ne — some kids have bad manners,” theಌ staffer said.