A perverted Brooklyn science teacher resigned after he allegedly asked a female student if she “ever had anal sex.” Yep, another teacher throws himself under the bus. He was making $73,000 a year and one question changed his status from teacher to sex offender. Click below to find out more.
Bart Ocuto, 52, a $73,000-a-year instructor at Sheepshead Bay High School, quit this school year after his students described bawdy conversations more suited for the locker room than the science lab.
Schools investigators were summoned to the D-rated school in March 2011 and met with a female student who said Ocuto cornered her in class, interrogating her about anal sex.
When she responded by asking him the same question, he demurred, saying, “I don’t discuss my sex life in the classroom,†according to two students interviewed by the office of the Special Commissioner of Investigations.
Another female student said the raunchy science instructor asked her to have his name tattooed on her buttocks, and told her he was aroused because “I’m going to see my ex today.â€
Yet another girl said that Ocuto asked her “what base†she reached with her boyfriend. Ocuto described “first base†as “tongue and touching,†second base as a “b— job†and third base as “all the way,†investigators said.
Reached by phone Friday, Ocuto said he was pushed out because he was a “whistleblower†about grade tampering and because he was “an older man making too much money.â€
His school was flagged by the state in August for suspicious scores on Regents exams.
He strongly denied the allegations and said he is teaching at a private institution now.
“I am a simple man,†said Ocuto. “I’ve never done anything like that in my life. I’m heartbroken over this.â€
Ocuto is also accused of using the N-word in class, the probe found.
One boy said that Ocuto called him a “bum†who would “end up selling CDs on Flatbush Ave.â€
The teacher also contacted students outside of school, talked to them on the phone, hosted them at his apartment and friended them on Facebook, investigators said.
Ocuto admitted to investigators that he had three students over to his apartment for “service credits.â€
He also admitted that he asked male students whether they were Bloods or Crips, but said he was “trying to lighten the mood.â€
Ocuto began his career as a city teacher in 1999.
He stepped down in September and is no longer eligible for work in city schools, officials said.
