School Officials Defend Decision to Show "R" Rated film
We have new information on the middle school teacher who showed clips of an "R" rated film to his sixth graders.
Thursday, a parent raised concern over the movie, "300." The first five minutes of the film contains graphic violence one mother said gave her eleven-year old nightmares.
Friday, Whitfield County school administrators defended the teacher's decision to show it. The mother said the film contained violence inappropriate to middle schoolers.
School officials say the teacher, Brad Barrett, made the right choice. "We saw nothing in that clip that they would not see in a regular tv program," administrator, Richard Schoen said.
Administrators say the clips were educational and fit in with Barrett's lesson. The teacher will not lose his job.