Education assistant with racy OnlyFans account fired for what employer calls 'egregious' conduct
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A Maple Ridge education assistant who says she was struggling to make ends meet has been fired over her second job: posting racy content online, including on OnlyFans.
Kristin MacDonald, 35, has posted titillating photos and videos for about a year under the name Ava James on the website known for custom pornography.
That drew the ire of School District 43, where MacDonald had been an education assistant since 2015 at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam.
The district ordered her to shut down her adult content on social media, including on OnlyFans, in April or risk being fired.
She did not. On June 16 she was turfed.
"Your misconduct in this matter is egregious," read a termination letter from a district assistant superintendent, which listed six reasons for firing her.
Among them is allegedly posting material on public social media accounts that "involves the sexualization of the school environment."
It also claims MacDonald disparaged the district in media interviews, linked her education assistant and adult performance work through those interviews, and capitalized on the link between being a school employee and adult performer via her OnlyFans subscription offerings.
"In the employer's view, each of the above six points independently constitutes a fundamental breach of your obligations as an employee and cause for termination of your employment," the letter reads.
"As such, your employment is terminated for just cause effective immediately."
MacDonald spoke about the firing for the first time in an interview Monday because she had been travelling.
She said being fired was a foregone conclusion. She suspects a TikTok video of her in a schoolgirl outfit may have been a particular problem for the district.
"I feel like they're making connections to, you know, me defaming the education system by wearing this outfit," MacDonald said. "It's so far-fetched to me. It seems very petty."
MacDonald said she and her union have put in for a grievance. Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 561 did not immediately respond to CBC News' request for comment Monday.
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