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At the website you can hear the recorded rants...

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High school teacher's comments investigated by district 
 
Created: 3/1/2006 4:34 PM MST - Updated: 3/2/2006 7:09 AM MST 
 
  
 
 AURORA - A 16-year-old boy at Overland High School doesn't want to hear 
what he calls his teacher's left-wing political rants. 


Sean Allen frequently recorded his teachers to back up his notes.  Allen 
recorded Jay Bennish, his 10th grade World Geography teacher, making 
comments about President Bush's State of the Union Address. 

Allen's father claims the comments made in the recording are biased and 
inappropriate for a geography class. 

"I'm not saying Bush and Hitler are exactly the same, obviously they're 
not. OK? But there are some eerie similarities to the tones that they 
use," says Bennish in his critique of U.S. economic and foreign policy. 

Towards the end of the class, Bennish goes on to say, "I'm not in anyway 
implying that you should agree with me, I don't even know if I'm 
necessarily taking a position. But what I'm trying to get you to do is 
to think about these issues more in depth and not to just take things 
from the surface."

The Cherry Creek School District is conducting a thorough investigation 
of the complaint from the Overland High School parent and student 
concerning comments. 

The school district says at first glance it does appear the teacher 
acted inappropriately at the very least.

A spokesperson for the Cherry Creek School District said they have 
placed Bennish on administrative leave pending the outcome of the 
investigation. This is not a disciplinary action; the school district 
wants to remove him while they sort through the rest of the 
investigation. 

The Cherry Creek School District expects to finish the investigation by 
the end of the week.

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