A TRI CITIES TEACHER HAS LOST HIS TEACHING LICENSE. FORMER CARTER COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER JONATHAN MCCLAIN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TEACH IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AFTER THE TENNESSEE BOARD OF EDUCATION REVOKED HIS LICENSE. HIS LICENSE WAS TAKEN AWAY AFTER HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF SALE, LOAN, OR EXHIBITION OF MATERIALS TO A MINOR. WHEN MCCLAIN WAS A TEACHER AT HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HE WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE EXCHANGED 50 TEXT MESSAGES WITH A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PUT TWO R-RATED MOVIES INTO A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL’S LUNCH BAG.MCCLAIN CAN RE-APPLY FOR LICENSE AFTER THE THREE-YEARS OF SUSPENSION.