Summary August 16, 3007Follow links for updated information.
SENTENCED - Pedophile teacher
Pedophile Ronald Richard Taylor Jr., 38, was sentenced to 10-15 years by a judge who said he wished he could give Taylor more time in prison. A jury convicted Taylor of of 12 counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct against nine young boys. We are talking about 6-year-olds. The judge even called Taylor a pedophile.
(Michigan)
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SENTENCED
A coach and teacher pleaded guilty in July to "sexual misconduct" with a minor involving a girl he coached on the school wrestling team. The plea agreement reduced the felony to a misdemeanor. Another one of those married men with children having sex with a high school student. Todd Hoiness, 40, was sentenced to six months in the County Jail, with 30 days converted to 240 hours of community service. He has to register as a sex offender. The judge chastised him.
(Washington)
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SENTENCED
Compare the above with this. A chorus teacher in a Virginia high school, Wendy Wills, 33, had a sexual relationship with at least one of the boys (age 17) last year and provided alcohol to both. She was married at the time. As the Free Lance Star reported, "Neither victim complained." Prosecutors allowed her to plead guilty to child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a felony.
She was sentenced to four years in prison - all suspended.
She doesn't have to register as a sex offender either.
That sentence is a remarkable teacher recruitment incentive for Virginia.
(Virginia)
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ARRESTED
After a foot chase, police arrested Bret C. Weise, 32, a mathematics teacher for drug possession - a misdemeanor. Two other men were caught with him, one a probation officer who was fired four days later. It's always amazing that schools have zero tolerance for drugs for students but don't expect the same of teachers.
(New York - small town)
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NO CONTEST PLEA
An elementary school teacher pleaded no contest (Denies guilt, but concedes likelihood of being convicted.) to attempted first-degree sexual assault, a felony, for sex with a 15-year-old male student. Brandy Reynolds, 24, will be sentenced in September.
(Nebraska)
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GUILTY PLEA
A fourth-grade teacher went online to convince two 16-year-old girls to send him pornographic pictures of themselves. Ronald Daniels, 36, pleaded guilty to two child pornography charges. The state of Arkansas is looking into filing state charges.
(Arkansas)
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TEST SCORES
Every state about now is receiving results on test score results for the June graduating class and other grades. In Michigan, the Detroit News analyzed the results and created an online interactive database to allow parents to search for results in their local school, the district as a whole, or the state. They found "Detroit schools had some of the worst results in the area, with 14 percent passing math and 22 percent passing science."
Nothing new there; it's pretty much a given in any major urban area with a high percentage of black students. Which is why the No Child Left Behind Act was designed to stop the endless inner city school warehousing of students. The law insists that minorities improve every year until they reach grade level. If they don't, parents who care can opt out of the school and find another academically performing school that does think their child is worth teaching and caring about.
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SCHOOL UNIFORMS
You would think instituting a policy on school uniforms for students would be easy and common sense. Not in Napa Valley, California.
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THANK GOODNESS it is Canada
In Montreal, an arbitrator later ruled that a teacher's dismissal for killing his wife in 1980 violated Quebec's charter of rights, because his crime did not in any way relate to his work.
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BEANIE BABIES
A 16-year-old girl who married her 40-year-old teacher and coach sued her parents for the return of her toys.
(North Carolina)
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Apologies for getting behind on the summaries. Again.
A List of teachers sentenced in July is up.
