Maryland teacher’s aide was caught masturbating during a Zoom call with 8th graders, however, he says he believed the online lesson has ended. Marc Schack an assistant for special education students at Shady Grove Middle School in Gaithersburg told the Bethesda Magazine he wasn’t unaware his self-love session had been captured on the virtual call until being interviewed.

“I thought I was logged out when class was over,” Schack told the magazine. “I had no clue that Zoom was still on. Why would I do that? That’s my job. I had no clue that Zoom was on. I mean, that’s just crazy behavior.”

A 13-second clip later posted on social media displays Schack gaze at his screen before standing up taking a few steps away and starting to pleasure himself.

Schack’s name appeared on the screen as the host of the Zoom call and another name appeared replacing him as the moderator. The 21-year-old employee for Montgomery County says he’s been placed on administrative leave since the incident.

But he insisted his actions were “just a mistake.”

“I’m only human,” he continued. “It was my bad.”

“Maybe they were looking to see if I had any criminal misbehavior or anything like that,” Schack told Bethesda Magazine.

However, district officials didn’t reference the troubling video portion to him Monday, Schack said, alleging he was unaware of the footage until Wednesday.

“I’m not a pervert or anything like that, you know,” he continued. “You gotta believe me on that … I thought I was in the privacy of my own home. I had no clue.”

A district spokeswoman told The Post Thursday that a employee had been put on leave as an investigation is ongoing into “inappropriate behavior that was sexual in nature” earlier this week.

“Per our procedures, we do not release the names of staff members that are under investigation,” spokeswoman Gboyinde Onijala said in a statement. “Local authorities were informed and are investigating as well.”

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