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Friday, March 2, 2018

In a prestigious high school math and science program, alumni say #MeToo

Years after they left one of the nation’s premier high school programs in math and science, hundreds of alumni have come forward to support allegations that a celebrated Maryland teacher sexually harassed and demeaned female students.
Many have described sexual comments, suggestive humor and sexist put-downs they said went unchecked for years as Eric Walstein became one of the pillars of a selective magnet program in a suburb outside Washington.
They accuse the nationally recognized teacher at Montgomery Blair High School of giving back rubs, leering at girls, calling them sexy, stroking their hands, and remarking on their bodies and sex lives — one account after another in what has become a #MeToo moment focused on experiences in high school...

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  1. http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/Blair-Alumni-Accuse-Renowned-Math-Teacher-of-Years-of-Harassing-Behavior/

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