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Readers react to Vassar Public Schools’ background check policy

Readers react to Vassar Public Schools’ background check policy

teacherverification May 28, 2012 0

Last night the Vassar Public Schools Board of Education granted a local father's appealafter a district policy prevented him from accompanying his son a field trip last week. Chad Hunkins, 37, applied to be a

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Albion High School teacher charged with having sexual relationship with 15-year-old student

Albion High School teacher charged with having sexual relationship with 15-year-old student

teacherverification May 28, 2012 0

An Albion High School music teacher was arraigned Saturday on two counts of criminal sexual conduct after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student. Bowen Wall, 31, turned himself in

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Former San Marcos teacher arrested on sexual assault of a child charges

teacherverification May 28, 2012 0

Former San Marcos teacher Steven De Leon has been arrested on two charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony, according to the San Antonio Police Department. He was arrested Thursday

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Tighten abuse reporting and background checks on educators

Tighten abuse reporting and background checks on educators

teacherverification May 25, 2012 0

Pennsylvania’s schools are facing a hidden epidemic: Countless students are quietly being preyed upon by the very educators charged with keeping them safe. And a loophole in state law is keeping these predators in

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Did your kid’s camp counselor pass a background check?

Did your kid’s camp counselor pass a background check?

teacherverification May 25, 2012 0

Hey moms and dads: If your kid’s camp counselor didn’t pass a state and federal background check, the state wants to hear from you. The Florida Department of Children & Families says schools and community

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Dir teacher accused of torturing minor student

Dir teacher accused of torturing minor student

teacherverification May 25, 2012 0

TIMERGARA, May 24: A five-year-old girl student of Lower Dir district has accused a teacher of beating her severely. My teacher Qari Ibarhim beat me so severely that I was taken to hospital for treatment,”

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Ex-teacher gets prison term for child porn

Ex-teacher gets prison term for child porn

teacherverification May 24, 2012 0

For the second time in as many months, a Bek brother, this one a former West Seneca teacher, is going to federal prison on child pornography charges. Timothy Michael Bek, the younger of two brothers

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Former San Marcos teacher accused of sexual assault of a student

Former San Marcos teacher accused of sexual assault of a student

teacherverification May 24, 2012 0

Students at every school have a favorite teacher, and at Travis Elementary in San Marcos, physical education teacher Steven De Leon gets that title. He is a 16-year veteran in the district who received

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