The 35-year-old Maple Ridge woman who started the raunchy OnlyFans side hustle to make ends meet has been fired by the school board for her “egregious” behaviour.
Using the nom du porn Ava James, MacDonald’s extracurricular activities came to the attention of the killjoy School District 43. She had been an EA since 2015 at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam.
She had been ordered in April to kill the OnlyFans page or face dismissal. The erotic EA refused and was fired on June 16.
By day, Kristin MacDonald is a BC teaching assistant. By night, shes Ava James – OnlyFans model. AVA JAMES/ INSTAGRAM
MacDonald told CBC News her dismissal was “petty” and that getting canned was a foregone conclusion. She said she suspects a TikTok video of her in a schoolgirl ensemble may have been the last straw.
“I feel like they’re making connections to, you know, me defaming the education system by wearing this outfit,” MacDonald said. “It’s so far-fetched to me. It seems very petty.”
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Her termination letter from a district assistant superintendent was packed with piety.
“Your misconduct in this matter is egregious,” the letter read, adding that her posts involved “the sexualization of the school environment.”
The marmish missive claims that MacDonald disparaged and mocked the school district in media interviews. In addition, it claimed she had used her position as a school employee to juice her OnlyFans fan base.
“In the employer’s view, each of the above six points independently constitutes a fundamental breach of your obligations as an employee and cause for termination of your employment,” the letter reads.
“As such, your employment is terminated for just cause effective immediately.”
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MacDonald and her union have filed a grievance.
She said her OnlyFans page is part of a morphing world of sex work that gives women like her more control.
“There’s been a lot of mixed emotions about it,” MacDonald told CBC. “Certainly, disappointment and everything. But I’m also optimistic that the process is not over yet.”
It isn’t hard to see why the blond bombshell turned to OnlyFans. Her EA job netted her just $1,000 every two weeks.
MacDonald added that her side hustle did not affect her school duties and that there had never been any complaints about her behaviour.
“I feel strongly that in this day and age, we should be able to do what we want as long as it’s not illegal,” MacDonald said. “I’m not hurting anybody.”
School District 43 did not respond to an interview request Monday.
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