Columbus, OHIO

Three years, two schools later, a domestic violence sentence, and girls afraid of being left alone with him, authorities finally figure out he shouldn't be teaching. Are they quick, or what???!!!

May 16, 2007 - Student complaints began in Nov 2004. Paul J. Grimes, 34, a Columbus School District teacher, was formally reprimanded in Feb 2005 for his sexual comments, then moved to another high school for "a fresh start."

He remained in the new school until girls there complained to the principal that Grimes was "constantly putting his private parts in the faces of the girls in the classroom" while walking from desk to desk. The principal's notes say girls feared being left alone with him.

The district suspended him and he resigned in February 2006. Now the State Board of Education has taken his teaching certificate. He will not be teaching in Ohio again.

The same day he was reprimanded by the district in February 2005, he was arrested. He was charged with rape, abduction and two counts of domestic violence against his wife. That July, Grimes pleaded guilty to a felony domestic-violence charge. He was sentenced to community service, counseling and three years of supervision.

By then, he was being moved to Walnut Ridge. The district says it didn't know about the crime while he was teaching.

The Ohio Department of Education, by law, must revoke the license of teachers who are convicted of or plead guilty to some offenses, but domestic violence isn't one of them. If a teacher shows that he or she has been rehabilitated after a domestic-violence conviction, the law allows them to try to get a license again.