STAMFORD -- It began in May 2011, when a Stamford High School ninth-grader reported that her teacher touched her breast as she sat behind his desk during class.
Then-Principal Donna Valentine
investigated and concluded that the touching was not intentional. The
teacher apologized and Valentine took no disciplinary action.
Ten months later, the teacher was cited in another incident, The
Advocate has learned from a disciplinary letter obtained by the paper.
According to the March 26, 2012, letter written by the school
district's former human resources director, the teacher was reprimanded
that month, when he was discovered in his locked, darkened classroom
with a female student. When his supervisor knocked on the door, the
teacher refused to open it, according to the letter.
The teacher was suspended for two days without pay, Superintendent Winifred Hamilton said in an emailed response to questions about the incident.
Eight months after that, in November 2012, the father of another
Stamford High student went to Valentine with inappropriate text messages
sent to his daughter by the same teacher.
The teacher was never seen at Stamford High again.
But he wasn't fired.
The Advocate has learned that, in January 2013, the school system
struck a deal with the teacher, placing him on administrative leave,
with pay and benefits, from November 2012 to June 2013, when
he resigned.
He formally separated from the school system in August 2013, complete
with a letter of recommendation written by Valentine, included in
the agreement.
The teacher, who is not being identified because he was not charged with wrongdoing, now works at a school in another state.
It's how school boards typically handle such matters, Hamilton said in an email sent through a spokeswoman for the schools...
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