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Mount St. Mary staff members fired during sexual assault investigation
Mount St. Mary Principal Diane Wolfe sent out a statement late Wednesday afternoon saying that both school employees have been fired. A high school coach accused of an inappropriate relationship with a student and the
Read More »Eudora school district says it followed standard procedures before hiring teacher who now stands accused of sex crimes
Eudora public school officials say they followed standard procedures last year when they hired a teacher who has since been arrested for an alleged improper relationship with a minor. The Eudora High School English teacher,
Read More »Substitute teacher under investigation by Ft. Bragg officials
A substitute teacher at a Fort Bragg is under investigation over allegations of inappropriate behavior, Fort Bragg officials confirm. In November, base officials say a parent at Pope elementary came forward claiming their child was
Read More »All About Teacher Background Check
Teaching may be one of the few professions where experience and professional history are as closely scrutinized as personal history. An educational institution carries out a teacher background check as part of its pre-screening
Read More »Catholic Diocese to require child-safety training for all volunteers
Erin Sanchez has helped out as a volunteer for her son’s kindergarten parties and book fairs at Little Flower School in Springfield. Like potentially thousands of volunteers throughout the Springfield Catholic Diocese, Sanchez will now
Read More »Ex-Montville teacher arrested again on child sex assault charges
Former Montville school district first-grade teacher Jason Bryan Fennes has been charged for a second time in a week with molesting a child, authorities announced Saturday. An arrest warrant for Jason Bryan Fennes, 37, of
Read More »SCVUSD reacts to sex abuse charges
Extra counselors were on hand at Calabasas Middle School in Rio Rico on Monday in response to the arrest last week of a social studies teacher on charges that he had inappropriate physical and
Read More »Former high school band teacher pleads guilty to sexual contact with students
Former West Aurora High School band director Steve Orland was sentenced to 12 years in prison Friday morning after pleading guilty to fondling two band students in 2010 and 2011. Orland, 42, of North Aurora,
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