Teacher quits after 'hot wife' Howard Stern segment

The Associated Press

4:39 PM EDT, May 9, 2008

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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. - ( AP) _ Shock jock Howard Stern thinks she's a "hot wife," but elementary schoolteacher Marie Jarry's appearance on Stern's raunchy satellite radio show left her bosses steaming.

Jarry resigned from her job as a second-grade teacher at Thalberg Elementary School in Southington days after she wore a bikini and talked about her sex life while appearing with her husband on Stern's show.

The couple won $5,000 in the show's "Ugliest Dude, Hottest Wife" contest.

Her husband, Aaron Jarry, told the show Thursday that his wife faced a "good amount of pressure" to step down, according to Stern's Web site, which has posted pictures of the couple's appearance.

"We were OK ... but then the local news media got a hold of it," he told Stern. The story was reported by the Record-Journal of Meriden and local television stations.

A phone message seeking comment was left at the Jarrys' home in Farmington Friday.

Southington Superintendent of Schools Joseph Erardi Jr. denied that Jarry was forced to resign, but said he was upset that she missed work to appear on the show.

"It's certainly my expectation that all staff, unless they're sick, are at work doing their assigned task," he told The Associated Press. He said he accepted Jarry's resignation Monday.

Stern said on Thursday's show that he believed Marie Jarry should not have had to resign because she did not take her clothes off or say anything controversial.

Local parents and members of the Parent-Teacher Organization said they were shocked by the events, the Record-Journal reported. PTO members said Jarry was a good teacher, but they believed she made a wrong choice going on Stern's show.

The Howard Stern Show is on Sirius Satellite Radio, which has more than 8 million subscribers who pay monthly fees. Messages seeking comment from Stern were left with Sirius.