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Conviction not required to ban teacher from work
The head of an international child protection charity says any person who has been charged for child sexual abuse on multiple occasions should not be able to work with children, even if they were
Read More »Former High School Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault
Glastonbury resident and former East Hartford High School math teacher Jessica Lee Motulski, 28, was arrested last Thursday and charged with sexual assault
Read More »Commission Considers Stricter Rules in Wake of Teacher Arrests
Fail-safes are in place to try and insure the ones who teach our kids are not only qualified, but safe. California teachers are finger-printed and undergo a background check. But with a flurry of recent
Read More »Former Maui teacher takes plea deal in student sex assault case
A former Maui band instructor accused of sexually assaulting a former student has reached a plea agreement. Maui prosecutors say Jim Alan Balicanta of Wailuku agreed to serve a 20-year prison term when he is
Read More »How Clinton Schools Keep Kids Safe
The arrest this week of a Rankin county teacher for allegedly having sex with one of her students raises questions about what steps schools take to make sure predators aren't in the classroom preying
Read More »Former Olin teacher, coach convicted of sexual exploitation will be resentenced
A former Olin High School resource teacher and volleyball coach convicted of sexual exploitation and other charges in 2011 will be resentenced because the trial court considered a prior assault charge which was never
Read More »Man had worked in Seattle schools for 7 years after sex offense conviction
Parents at several Seattle public schools are upset after learning that a sex offender had been employed and walking the halls at several local schools for nearly a decade
Read More »Audit uncovers cases of sex offenders in foster homes, pre-schools
A report by the state auditor’s office has found that 28 sex offenders had been living in state-approved foster homes and preschools and day cares operated in private homes. One school district had employed
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