Summary May 30, 2007
ARRESTED -- Three Women, Two Men
AGE 52 An Electra, Texas pre-school teacher was arrested after a mother took her child to the police, cut lip and all. In a case that cries out for investigation, no one seems to be asking why child protective services has not been contacting police about other complaints. In the meantime, the teacher, Donna Bowden, was arrested. TT - Link
AGE 29 A Santa Barbara, California teacher trainee, Kelli Jo Camp, was arrested, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy who was a student at the school where she worked. TT - Link
AGE 26 Another teacher, this one in Texas, Janet Parker, under investigation since December, was arrested. The boy was 14-years-old. TT - Link
AGE 28 A St. Paul, Minnesota teacher was arrested for sex with a student. Joseph Tucker hasn't been charged. The idiot newspaper called it "an affair." TT - Link
AGE 52 An Electra, Texas pre-school teacher was arrested after a mother took her child to the police, cut lip and all. In a case that cries out for investigation, no one seems to be asking why child protective services has not been contacting police about other complaints. In the meantime, the teacher, Donna Bowden, was arrested. TT - Link
AGE 29 A Santa Barbara, California teacher trainee, Kelli Jo Camp, was arrested, accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old boy who was a student at the school where she worked. TT - Link
AGE 26 Another teacher, this one in Texas, Janet Parker, under investigation since December, was arrested. The boy was 14-years-old. TT - Link
AGE 28 A St. Paul, Minnesota teacher was arrested for sex with a student. Joseph Tucker hasn't been charged. The idiot newspaper called it "an affair." TT - Link
AGE 28 No doubt every student could tell you who the unnamed teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota is who was arrested for allegedly having sex with a student. He hasn't been charged, but you'd think the arrest would warrant printing his name. Or maybe they just arrest people in St. Paul as a training exercise. Calling it "an affair" is fairly stupid as well. [Name - Joseph Tucker - on later reports.] TT - Link
SENTENCED
In California, Carlos Hernandez sentenced to a year in a residential work-furlough program, ordered to register as a sex offender and placed on five years' probation when he was sentenced in San Diego. In exchange for the Blue Light Special bargain basement guilty plea, the D.A.'s office dismissed multiple charges of molesting two other girls when they were 17. TT - Link
A Kentucky teacher also got off light. Brandon Hall was arrested after being filmed smoking marijuana with students and drinking alchohol with them. At the home of a school board member and his wife, a teacher. A Blue Light Special bargain basement guilty plea got Hall three years probation. TT- Link
Donald R. Julian, a long-time, recently-retired teacher in Indiana pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to a Blue Light Special bargain basement ten years suspended and four years probation. He was "battling depression" at the time of the molestation. As an excuse, it's paltry. As an apology, it isn't. TT - Link
MEDIACircus TRIAL
You can sense when the arrest and trial are going to be media circuses. In the case of Albert Scerbo, an Onondaga, NY teacher arrested on charges of abusing 17 children at the Indian school where he teaches, is already in full swing. The New York Times swept in with their own angle - troubled relations between the reservation and whites, or something. It was so dumb we didn't link to it. The lawyer is posturing that they demand to know the names of the accusers (as if they are unaware) and they want the student's personnel records. Cynics might think that was intended to intimidate the children and their parents, but we watch Boston Legal and know lawyers keep within bounds of the law.
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And speaking of attorneys, the attorney for Appleton, Wisconsin teacher David Janssen accused of sexual abuse of two students, wants the counseling records for the younger of two victims. He said the counseling records may reveal "what psychological disorder she may have and what issues there are in her family life." Maloney said the records might show she came from a dysfunctional family "and projected her problems onto the defendant." TT - Link
BACKGROUND CHECK - School District: Our bad
Mesa, Arizona school official admit they made a mistake in hiring a special education teacher's assistant who was arrested for sexual battery on a student. Turns out they ignored a second background check that indicated that he had prior brushes with the law, although no convictions. Kyle M. Hite won't be returning to class, but as the case progresses, it will be interesting to see what kind of arrests they ignored to fill the position. TT - Link
TENURE
A teacher who was fired in 2005 is still being paid two years later. In Alabama, Laura Wilson, is receiving her $50,847 annual salary while her firing is still being appealed. Her firing was reversed by a Federal arbitrator, then the aribitrator was reversed by a court. The case is headed for the Alabama Supreme Court. With luck, she can retire before all of her appeals are exhausted. In the meantime, a bill has been introduced to get rid of federal arbitrators and go back to something like a Tenure Commission they had before 2004. TT - Link
SENTENCED
In California, Carlos Hernandez sentenced to a year in a residential work-furlough program, ordered to register as a sex offender and placed on five years' probation when he was sentenced in San Diego. In exchange for the Blue Light Special bargain basement guilty plea, the D.A.'s office dismissed multiple charges of molesting two other girls when they were 17. TT - Link
A Kentucky teacher also got off light. Brandon Hall was arrested after being filmed smoking marijuana with students and drinking alchohol with them. At the home of a school board member and his wife, a teacher. A Blue Light Special bargain basement guilty plea got Hall three years probation. TT- Link
Donald R. Julian, a long-time, recently-retired teacher in Indiana pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a 15-year-old girl. He was sentenced to a Blue Light Special bargain basement ten years suspended and four years probation. He was "battling depression" at the time of the molestation. As an excuse, it's paltry. As an apology, it isn't. TT - Link
MEDIA
You can sense when the arrest and trial are going to be media circuses. In the case of Albert Scerbo, an Onondaga, NY teacher arrested on charges of abusing 17 children at the Indian school where he teaches, is already in full swing. The New York Times swept in with their own angle - troubled relations between the reservation and whites, or something. It was so dumb we didn't link to it. The lawyer is posturing that they demand to know the names of the accusers (as if they are unaware) and they want the student's personnel records. Cynics might think that was intended to intimidate the children and their parents, but we watch Boston Legal and know lawyers keep within bounds of the law.
TT - Link
And speaking of attorneys, the attorney for Appleton, Wisconsin teacher David Janssen accused of sexual abuse of two students, wants the counseling records for the younger of two victims. He said the counseling records may reveal "what psychological disorder she may have and what issues there are in her family life." Maloney said the records might show she came from a dysfunctional family "and projected her problems onto the defendant." TT - Link
BACKGROUND CHECK - School District: Our bad
Mesa, Arizona school official admit they made a mistake in hiring a special education teacher's assistant who was arrested for sexual battery on a student. Turns out they ignored a second background check that indicated that he had prior brushes with the law, although no convictions. Kyle M. Hite won't be returning to class, but as the case progresses, it will be interesting to see what kind of arrests they ignored to fill the position. TT - Link
TENURE
A teacher who was fired in 2005 is still being paid two years later. In Alabama, Laura Wilson, is receiving her $50,847 annual salary while her firing is still being appealed. Her firing was reversed by a Federal arbitrator, then the aribitrator was reversed by a court. The case is headed for the Alabama Supreme Court. With luck, she can retire before all of her appeals are exhausted. In the meantime, a bill has been introduced to get rid of federal arbitrators and go back to something like a Tenure Commission they had before 2004. TT - Link
