Teacher won't appeal $22K phone call fine

ASBURY PARK, N.J., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A New Jersey teacher's lawyer says his client will not appeal a $22,000 fine imposed for making a four-minute personal phone call while class was in session.

Lawyer Stephen Hunter said Desley Getty admitted to the violation of district rules at the Asbury Park school and agreed to the 120-day salary forfeiture, deducted from a base salary of about $70,000, WCBS-TV, New York, reported Thursday.

Getty, a performing arts teacher, was filling in for another instructor at Asbury Park High School when she made the phone call to suspended superintendent Antonio Lewis. A student in the class recorded two fellow students dancing while Getty was on the phone and posted the video to YouTube.