Sunday, July 26, 2015

In April, a former Montgomery County substitute teacher pleaded guilty to groping two middle school girls. A month later, a county music teacher pleaded guilty to abusing 15 minors.

WASHINGTON — In April, a former Montgomery County substitute teacher pleaded guilty to groping two middle school girls. A month later, a county music teacher pleaded guilty to abusing 15 minors. Many of the incidents took place in classrooms during school hours.
While there seems to be a spike in these occurrences, there’s no data to confirm that.
“My sense is that we see more reporting,” says Carol Shakeshaft, an educational leadership professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. “As people have become more aware of it and it’s in the papers more, people are willing to step up and report.”...

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2015 at 12:24 PM

    Armed guards in the classrooms? What's next.

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    1. Janis SartucciJuly 26, 2015 at 12:39 PM

      How about a CODE OF CONDUCT for MCPS teachers and staff? Right now MCPS teachers and staff are FREE to have a personal relationship with your child, without your knowledge. You good with that?

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    2. AnonymousJuly 26, 2015 at 1:21 PM

      Who is going to enforce the CODE OF CONDUCT?
      Most likely it will become a legal circus of wrongful terminations.

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    3. Janis SartucciJuly 26, 2015 at 1:39 PM

      Well, not your Apple Ballot elected Board of Education, that's for sure. Maybe if some adults that care about children are elected to the majority of the Board of Education things will change.

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