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Five among private school principal
A large number of people Saturday staged a demonstration against the principal of a private school for abducting a tenth class girl student. On the demand of the protesters, the City Police registered
Read More »Two More Students Accuse Ex-Teacher of Sex Abuse
Two more students have recently come forward, accusing their former William Mason School first-grade teacher of sexual assault, according to affidavits on file with the Morris County Court. Jason Fennes, 37, of Bloomfield, who has
Read More »Teacher accused of sexual abuse waives probable cause hearing
A former social studies teacher accused of sexually abusing and assaulting female students at a Rio Rico middle school waived a preliminary hearing this week, sending his case to Superior Court without prosecutors having
Read More »Do you Have an Effective Pre-Employment Screening Policy for New Teachers?
It is estimated that in 2010, a massive 90% of companies performed some kind of background check during their hiring process. This figure, Susan McCullah suggests, broadly encompasses criminal, drug, assessment testing, and education
Read More »Alabama teacher facing drug, moonshine charges
Officials say a south Alabamahigh school science teacher will likely lose his job following his arrest on drug and moonshine charges. Houston County sheriff's deputies say 32-year-old Jason Allen Andrews was arrested after being pulled
Read More »Academy ‘teacher’ on pupil sex charge
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with sexual assault on a boy, 14, and abuse of his position of trust. The charges against Christopher Midgley, of Brookside, Coppull, Chorley, involve a pupil at
Read More »Alleged Teacher Sex Assault Victim Sues School System
The mother of an alleged sex abuse victim filed suit Wednesday against the Miami-Dade school system claiming administrators failed to protect her daughter from a sexual predator: The girl’s Physical Education teacher. “My first reaction,
Read More »Lawsuit Filed Against Dade Schools For Alleged Sex Assault By Teacher
The mother of a now-15-year-old girl filed a lawsuit on behalf of her daughter against Miami-Dade County Public Schools Wednesday after she said no action was taken when a physical education teacher was accused
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