NBC4 Video: Retired Teacher Eric Walstein denies allegations made by hundreds of former students at Montgomery Blair High School. They claim he sexually harassed and demeaned female students in his Math magnet class

Retired Teacher Eric Walstein denies allegations made by hundreds of former students at Montgomery Blair High School. They claim he sexually harassed and demeaned female students in his Math magnet class. #News4 @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/sOL86p7zqY

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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...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/in-a-prestigious-high-school-math-and-science-program-alumni-say-metoo/2018/03/01/b17f68ac-f1b6-11e7-b390-a36dc3fa2842_story.html?utm_term=.f71f9ff4c630

Blair Alumni Accuse Renowned Math Teacher of Years of ‘Harassing’ Behavior

Blair Alumni Accuse Renowned Math Teacher of Years of ‘Harassing’ Behavior: Galvanized in part by the #MeToo movement, former students share stories spanning decades about now-retired instructor

...Bethesda Beat learned that in 2011 a parent warned the Blair administration about Walstein. Anne LeVeque said she walked away from a meeting with Blair’s principal with the impression that Walstein would retire at the school year’s end. He ended up staying at Blair until 2013 and on the substitute teaching roster until 2016...