Boardman teacher resigns amid probe of texts

BOARDMAN — A second-year Boardman High School teacher has resigned amid an investigation of a female student’s allegation of inappropriate text messages from him.

The girl, 17, told a teacher Sept. 23 that she was uncomfortable with text messages she had received from Scott Hunter, a math teacher at the school where the girl is a student. The teacher told the high school principal, and Hunter was immediately placed on paid administrative leave, said Superintendent Frank Lazzeri, and an internal investigation began.

Hunter tendered his resignation Sept. 30, citing personal reasons, the superintendent said.

Last week, the girl filed a police report regarding the messages. She told police that she and a former teacher, whom she knew before attending high school, had text messaged each other for a while without incident.

On Sept. 18, however, a text from the teacher asked the girl if she liked peanut butter, the police report said.

A follow-up message read, “So how about we play with that together? Could rub it all over you ...,” the girl told police.

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