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LAWRENCE, Mass., April 29 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts principal has been placed on indefinite leave for peddling her romance novel on school grounds, officials say.
Beth Gannon was removed from her job at the Henry K. Oliver School in Lawrence after the teachers' union filed a complaint, The Boston Globe reported Wednesday.
Her novel, entitled "Crazy Fortunes," tells the story of an engaged woman who returns to Boston for a wedding and reunites with a former lover.
The newspaper says the book contains detailed sex scenes that critics have called highly inappropriate.
In placing Gannon on indefinite leave, school committee members said she acted unethically and irresponsibly in promoting her writing during the workday and bringing a steamy, at times sexually explicit, book near the children.
School Superintendent Wilfredo T. Laboy says Gannon will remain on leave while he reviews the union's accusations.
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