A sixth-grade teacher who had been named a finalist for Minnesota’s 2026 Teacher of the Year award has withdrawn from consideration after Alpha News inquired about publicly available, sexually explicit images showing the educator dressed in bondage wear and participating in simulated sex acts with several men.
(Warning: Some readers may find the images in this article disturbing)
Earlier this month, Thomas Rosengren, a teacher at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District in Grove City, was named one of 11 finalists for Education Minnesota’s annual Teacher of the Year award.
On Monday — four days after Alpha News first contacted Education Minnesota for comment regarding the publicly accessible images and received no response — the organization’s official finalists page was updated to state that “Thomas Rosengren has withdrawn from consideration for Minnesota Teacher of the Year.”
Because the images are publicly accessible online, they raise serious questions about whether students may have viewed the content.
The images also raise concerns about whether the school district was aware of the material, as well as broader questions about professional standards and district oversight involving a publicly funded teaching position.
