A Missouri substitute teacher says she was pulled from her classroom assignments after school officials discovered her OnlyFans account. She now says the platform pays far better than teaching ever did.
Sheena Sittner, 42, said that Kelly Education, the contractor that hired her, took her off assignments in the Parkway Schools district, a suburb of St. Louis. She had worked in the district for two years, per The Washington Post.
Sittner said she uses OnlyFans for financial reasons, citing rising tuition and student loan costs. By her account, substitute teaching paid her $140 a day, while her online content earns that amount in an hour.
Tuition and Loans Pushed Her Toward a Second Income
Sittner is pursuing a criminal justice degree and she said her tuition and student loan expenses have climbed. She claimed a manager cited reports of her activity on the platform as the reason for her suspension.
Per Sittner, the pay gap is large. Substitute teaching paid her $140 a day. She said her “OnlyFans content brings in the same amount in an hour.”
“It has changed us financially in significant positive ways,” said Sittner, who is married and has three children, ages 22, 18 and 9.
Sittner Expected Discovery but Not the Fallout
Sittner said her OnlyFans content had been online for more than two years and she knew it would eventually be found. What she did not expect was to be “completely stripped away from being at my kids’ school.” Her youngest child attends the elementary school where she worked.
Per KTVI, a Fox affiliate, she said she had been able to keep her professional life separate from her personal one.
Why Sittner Said Teacher Pay Was the Problem
Sittner said that low pay pushes some women toward online work. “If teachers were paid better, women wouldn’t have to resort to online content creation. S– sells,” she said.
She pushed back on the idea that teachers should not care about money. “People say, ‘Oh, you don’t teach for the pay.’ That’s true, but bills don’t stop coming just because you’re passionate about the job you have. Banks don’t care.”
How the District and Contractor Responded
Parkway Schools said it was not Sittner’s employer. In a statement, the district said she was employed by Kelly Services, which operates as Kelly Education, as a substitute teacher and was assigned to an elementary school in the district last school year.
“If you have specific questions about her employment/employment status, please direct those questions to Kelly Services,” the statement said.
In a statement shared with The Washington Post, Kelly Education said, “The safety and well-being of the students we serve are our top priority. We take all concerns raised about our substitute educators seriously and work closely with our school district partners to respond swiftly and appropriately.”
Neither statement mentions Sittner’s OnlyFans account or explains why she stopped receiving assignments.
The Firing Boosted Her Business
Sittner said she believes her firing violated her rights. “I truly believe in freedom of speech. The backlash women receive for doing online content is absolutely awful,” she added.
She said, “The firing, however, had an unexpected result”. Demand for her OnlyFans content went up. Her husband, who records content with her for customers, has had to cut back on time spent on his own business to keep up.
