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The teacher who starred in pornographic movies shortly before taking a teaching post at a Malden charter school is no longer working at the school, officials say.

Kevin Hogan's contract with the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School expired at the end of June and has not been renewed, school officials say, and his name has been removed from the school's website.

Hogan started working as a teacher in Massachusetts in 1991 and, after a number of teaching jobs that took him out of state and out of the country, began working at Mystic Valley at the start of last school year. He also served as chairman of the school's English department and a crew coach.

Soon after he started working, FOX Undercover received a tip from someone concerned that Hogan was once again working as a teacher despite having starred in three pornographic movies that were all released in 2010.

After FOX Undercover's initial story, the school placed Hogan on paid leave in November amid a flood of publicity over the teacher's recent past. Though Hogan broke no laws by starring in pornography, his past raised concerns for parents, considering he was working with their kids and that the pornographic movies are publicly available.

At the time, the school told FOX Undercover it was conducting its own investigation. Since then, Mystic Valley has remained tight lipped, and the results of that investigation have never been released. After eight months of asking about Hogan's status, the school finally sent FOX Undercover a brief email confirming that Hogan was no longer working there, but school officials won't say why.

When we asked some follow-up questions, we received another brief response stating "this personnel matter is closed."

Hogan's contract paid him $58,000 through the end of June even though he never returned to work.

The school may not be talking, but the publicity was certainly not welcome at a public charter school that's been named one of the country's best high schools by Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report magazines.

PR expert Nancy Sterling, who often works with schools dealing with crisis situations, said the school handled the situation the easiest way it could.

"It's certainly easier to let the contract run its course so you don't have to be in a situation where he has a lawyer, the school has a lawyer, you're fighting back and forth. Letting the contract run its course is the easiest way to handle it," she said.
"I think they're hoping to keep the matter as quiet as possible and hope is that it has faded from the public's mind. And as for the results of the investigation, it is an employee and personnel matter and therefore they can say that it's confidential to maintain the employee's, or now ex-employee's, confidentiality," Sterling said.

Repeated requests for comment from Hogan haven't been returned, which Sterling says is not surprising. She thinks he's going to keep a low-profile, especially if he wants to work as a teacher.