MCPS Substitute Teacher Arrested - Daniel Mandel Sirotkin

December 12, 2013

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am writing to inform you that a private tutor and private athletic coach who worked with students in Montgomery County and elsewhere was arrested Tuesday on charges of inappropriate conduct with a teenager. The man arrested served as a substitute at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. He has not been a substitute at our school or any other MCPS school for more than a year. He did substitute at B-CC HS in 2010 and none of the conduct that led to the current charges was related to his work as a substitute teacher.

Please read the press release from the Montgomery County Police Department, which I have linked to below, and contact the police immediately if you have any information that would be helpful to their investigation. The staff at our school and throughout MCPS take the safety and security of our students very seriously. In fact, it was a report by a student to an MCPS administrator at another school that led to the police getting involved. If you ever have any information regarding the safety and security of our students, I urge you to contact me, the police or Montgomery County Child Protective Services as quickly as possible.

You can read the Police Department press release at this link:http://www.mymcpnews.com/2013/12/10/detectives-arrest-private-athletic-coach-for-abuse-of-student/

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions,

Sincerely,

Karen Lockard

Principal

BCC High School