Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Former teacher pleads guilty to sexual child abuse after conviction overturned in Montgomery County

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Former teacher pleads guilty to sexual child abuse after conviction overturned in Montgomery County

A former elementary school teacher whose conviction for sex crimes against children was overturned in 2023 pleaded guilty to charges on Friday.

The Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office said John Vigna, 57, of Silver Spring entered pleas to charges of Sexual Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor (3 counts). Prosecutors said the crimes of which Vigna was accused involved a number of students at Cloverly Elementary School between 2001 and 2016...

Former teacher pleads guilty to sexual child abuse after conviction overturned in Montgomery County (msn.com)

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AnonymousMarch 5, 2024 at 6:41 AM
". . . , prosecutors said they will ask for a 30-year suspended prison sentence with supervised probation by the COMET Unit"
This will no doubt send a strong message and act as a deterrent to future sexual child abusers!"
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AnonymousMarch 5, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Prosecutors will ask for suspended sentence
Hoping the perpetrator will seek repentance
It should not upset the victims' present lives
And they resume the photo ups and high fives.
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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

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What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011