Wellesley High School volleyball coach Wayne Lem, is credited with helping restart the school's boys volleyball program, abandoned after the students-athletes inadvertently displayed an adult video in a few seconds, according to school officials and coach.In an interview yesterday, said Lem episode occurred last week during a meeting in the school cafeteria with the team boys and three young women who are leaders for the team. He said he planned to show a video of a NCAA volleyball game for the team, but he said the dvd player he brought to the project meetings inadvertently included another video.
Team meeting is started, Lem said he could not find the NCAA video in his gym bag, so he decided to discuss the practice schedules instead. As he was passing, timetables, with his back to the dvd-player, Lem said he heard the boys on the team laugh. One of them had worked the remote control. Lem said he turned off the video within 30 seconds."It was unfortunate, an accident, '' said Lem, who later found video of volleyball game he intended to show in the front seat of his car.
He said a visitor may have left the adult video inside the dvd player in his home. He said that many friends and family to come to his house, and the video may have belonged to one of the visitors. After the episode, Lem said: "I did not sleep a wink the whole night. I trøde how I want to deal with this? ''Two nights later, met with parents of players Lem in library school apologizes and announce his resignation. Although some of the parents were supportive and according to Lem, trøde he should not resign, he was not affected. "The boys are under my supervision '', he said."I want to make me responsible. Always I my team, they are responsible. It was probably best that I resign. ''
School Superintendent Bella Wong said she could not comment on the details of the episode because it is a problem with the staff. She released a statement with reference to the authorization, who said: "he regret and apologize for the unfortunate accidental event show students the reported inappropriate video content. He has met with parents and students to answer their questions, and he has voluntarily resigned his position as the high school volleyball coach. ''
"He was valued as an employee, '' Wong said. Another coach has taken his record as a leader of the boys and girls volleyball teams, high school, she said. Lem, 56, Newton, has coached in three decades, including at Boston College, Regis College and Brookline High School.Erica Noonan can be reached at enoonan@globe.com.© Copyright 2011 Globe newspaper company.
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