He Violated Dozens of Kids. He Still Gets a Paycheck.

Let me tell you about Andrew Roos. He's 35 years old. He's a math teacher at Hempstead High School in Dubuque, Iowa. He started in the district in 2013. That's 13 years of trusted access to teenagers. According to federal prosecutors, he used pens with hidden cameras to record students in his classroom. He allegedly tried to persuade, induce, or entice minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct. Then he produced visual depictions of that abuse. He distributed and possessed child pornography. He had AI-generated images of high school students. And he's still on paid leave. That's the part that makes my blood boil. The Timeline That Should Piss You Off May 2025: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children flags suspicious materials. Police begin investigating. Roos is placed on administrative leave. May 2026: One full year later, the U.S. Attorney's Office indicts Roos on six federal charges. If convicted, he faces up to 120 years in prison. Today: Roos remains on paid administrative leave. Think about that. For an entire year, this man collected his salary while students who trusted him carried the weight of what he allegedly did to them. While his victims tried to move forward with their lives. While families in Dubuque wondered why the man accused of doing these things was still getting paid. The school district says it "must follow its own separate legal processes related to his employment." Those processes apparently include: keeping him on the payroll. The district's statement is a masterclass in corporate non-apology. "We understand this is deeply concerning news." Yes, it is. So deeply concerning that maybe—maybe—you shouldn't still be signing his paycheck? What We Know About AI-Generated CSAM Here's what's legally true: Under federal law, AI-generated images depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct are child sexual abuse material. Full stop. The Department of Homeland Security explicitly includes AI-generated images in its definition of CSAM when they appear to depict minors.