By
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH - Two teachers were charged with agreeing to trade grades for groceries from a student who worked at a supermarket.
Business teacher John Banaszak, 27, and math teacher John Gasbarrini, 26, of Canon-McMillan High School were charged Monday with theft, conspiracy to commit theft and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Police said the student, a high school junior whose identity was not disclosed, proposed the bargain. He was not charged.
Principal Mark Hoover said it has not been established whether the student's grades ever benefited from the alleged arrangement.
Police said the scheme unraveled Sunday when the supermarket manager caught the student charging one of the teachers $10.53 for $31.37 in groceries.
The first-year teachers, who were paid $27,000 a year, were suspended.
The teachers could not be reached for comment. Banaszak has an unlisted number; Gasbarrini did not immediately return a call.
