Florida biology teacher reassigned after video shows him sniffing girl’s shorts

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) — A Miami-Dade middle school teacher has been reassigned after he was caught in a disturbing act that was caught on video and sparked an investigation.

A video posted to social media shows the unidentified teacher bending down in a classroom, taking an object out of a backpack and taking a deep breath – not once, but three times.

Students and family members who spoke with 7News Friday said the instructor in question teaches biology at Howard D. McMillan Middle School in southwest Miami-Dade.

“Definitely horrible,” said one student’s grandmother.

Parents said the item that caught the teacher’s attention was a student’s shorts.

“I feel bad for the little girl and I feel bad for this little girl’s parents. She will be traumatized,” said the grandmother.

Parents and students described the educator as a reserved man, adding that the school had informed them of an incident with a teacher.

“There was a teacher who had committed some kind of crime, they said, but they told the story, they did it,” the grandmother said.

Miami Dade County Public Schools has since released a statement. It reads in part:

“The employee has been temporarily reassigned from the school setting pending the outcome of the investigation into the allegations.”

Speaking in Spanish, one parent said the school’s actions made him feel “safe.”

But others at McMillan Middle said they want to do more

“He should be detained. For example, he should stay away from children. He just shouldn’t be there,” one student said.