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Former Olin teacher, coach convicted of sexual exploitation will be resentenced

Former Olin teacher, coach convicted of sexual exploitation will be resentenced

teacherverification September 24, 2012 0

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

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Audit uncovers cases of sex offenders in foster homes, pre-schools

Audit uncovers cases of sex offenders in foster homes, pre-schools

teacherverification September 20, 2012 0

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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Expensive background checks for school volunteers?

Expensive background checks for school volunteers?

teacherverification September 19, 2012 0

The Pinellas County School Board had an interesting discussion recently about what level of background checks they should be doing on school volunteers. A strict reading of the district's policy would require that any

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Tutor jailed for sex abuse of students

Tutor jailed for sex abuse of students

teacherverification September 18, 2012 0

A tutor at an Auckland school who sexually assaulted two pupils has been jailed for two years. The 19-year-old was sentenced in the High Court at Auckland today before Justice Pamela Andrews.

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Ex-teacher Bernard Haunch to face sex abuse retrial

Ex-teacher Bernard Haunch to face sex abuse retrial

teacherverification September 17, 2012 0

A former teacher accused of sexually abusing children while he taught at a West Sussex school will face a retrial after a jury failed to reach verdicts. Bernard Haunch, 77, of London, denied 16 counts

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Teacher accused of child sex abuse had worked at multiple valley schools

Teacher accused of child sex abuse had worked at multiple valley schools

teacherverification September 14, 2012 0

Indian Wells police arrested a teacher on Wednesday who is accused of sexually assaulting a fourth-grade girl and others. Robert Keith Bryan, 59, was released from jail early Thursday morning, according to jail records

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Teacher accused of sex assault appears in court

Teacher accused of sex assault appears in court

teacherverification September 13, 2012 0

A teacher who is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student when he was in Grade 10 appeared in a Toronto court Wednesday. Mary Gowans has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault

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Female teacher had a romantic relationship with 14-year-old student, trial told

Female teacher had a romantic relationship with 14-year-old student, trial told

teacherverification September 12, 2012 0

This story contains graphic content. A teenager says he and a Toronto elementary school teacher developed a romantic relationship starting when he was 14. “She would express her feelings toward me, how she’s happier now that

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