MONTREAL—By day, she was a youthful office assistant in a Quebec City-area high school. In her spare time, she was raunchy Samantha Ardente, cavorting in “Serial Abusers 2.”

Ardente — which is the clerical worker’s porn name — is now waiting to find out how much more free time is in store for her as authorities at the Navigateur school board determine if she deserves more than a suspension with pay for her extra-curricular activities.

Ardente was sent home after authorities learned one of the high school students had spotted her in the porn video.

She did not have contact with students in her job — but she is now quite the celebrity among them. Her video spread like wildfire as the teenagers forwarded each other the Internet links.

The website belonging to the company that produced her movie was deluged with traffic Thursday to the point that it was only allowing access to paying members.

It also directed viewers to her Facebook page where viewers were greeted by a picture of a slender, smiling brunette in her underwear, a racing-stripe style blond streak running through her hair.

Ardente, who listed her occupation as “porn actress” and her interests as “pornography and secretarial work,” got mixed reviews on the page although most of the comments were supportive.

Stephan Bedard took issue with Ardente’s defenders who insisted she was being penalized for something she did in her private life.

“Incidently, it’s not private,” Bedard wrote. “You got paid to do a dirty video knowing it would be distributed on the Internet and elsewhere. It’s public.

“If she had group sex with three people in her home and her neighbour filmed it . . . that’s private ... you shouldn’t confuse things!”

Others were more sympathetic, saying what Ardente did on her own time was her own business as long as it didn’t affect her work at the school.

“This proves that school personnel are underpaid,” wrote Cimon Charest-Deschenes.

Jennifer Stansfield, another supporter, praised Ardente’s stamina: “I admire people who have the energy to handle 2 jobs. More power to her! I’m still in the dark as to how it would hinder her ability to handle her day job?”

One poster took a more cynical view of the brouhaha.

“You deserve a degree in marketing,” wrote Jim Macey. “You sure know how to get publicity.”

Louise Boisvert, a spokeswoman for the school board, said a decision should be made on Ardente’s fate by next week.

While officials acknowledge Ardente hadn’t done anything illegal, the school board said her cinematic acitivities don’t correspond with the values being taught at the school.

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The school is located in Levis, Que., across the St. Lawrence River from Quebec City.

Ardente has reportedly worked for the school commission since 2002 and at Les Etchemins school for the last two years.