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Harrisburg: Rules challenged regarding school background checks
Some school employees who have criminal pasts are fighting to keep their jobs in light of a recently revised Pennsylvania law aimed at protecting children. The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News says at least four lawsuits have been
Read More »Board Reviews Background Check Procedure after the Arrest of a Teacher
After the arrest of one of their elementary school teachers who has been accused of several child pornography crimes, the Superintendent of Newton, MA schools has announced that the city has formed a task
Read More »Portsmouth: Sex with teens: Does punishment fit the crime?
She said it was consensual. She was 16. He was 37 – a popular football coach, more than twice her age. Statutory rape? Not in Virginia. And not in most states. All states have laws that deal with
Read More »CA Parents Question Why Background Checks Did Not Work
I don’t think I have ever heard of a school administrator terminating an entire staff but that is exactly what happened this week at Miramonte School in Los Angeles. Two teachers were arrested for
Read More »LC-M High School teacher arrested on charges of sexual assault, improper relationship with student
Deputies arrested a former Little-Cypress Maurceville High School teacher on charges of Improper Relationship Between an Educator and Student and Sexual Assault of a Child. Bryan Lee Hyde, 32, resigned from his job as an
Read More »Los Angeles: Accused LA teacher said to be in Mexico
A former Los Angeles substitute teacher charged with molesting students is believed to have gone to ground in Mexico, police say. The whereabouts of George Hernandez, 45, are unknown, the Los Angeles Times reported. Diana
Read More »New Teacher’s Arrest on Molestation charges
Alain Eloym Salas, a teaching assistant and athletic coach at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, was expected to appear for arraignment in Department 12 of Compton Superior Court. According to court documents (case
Read More »Medicine Hat teacher charged with sexual assault of 14-year-old girl
Police charged Bradley James Mastel, 32, of Medicine Hat with sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual exploitation, sexual touching and unlawful confinement. Police in Medicine Hat have laid sex charges against a local teacher in connection
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