March 4, 2008 - Brian E. Foree, 23, a music teacher in the Chilhowee schools, was charged with furnishing pornographic materials to a minor. According to the
probable cause statement filed in Circuit Court, Foree sent pictures of his genitalia to a Clinton area teenager between Jan. 1 and March 1 of this year. More charges could be filed in the case
"The victim that came forward, does in fact live in Henry County, which is where he had taught prior to coming to Chilhowee," [Johnson County, Missouri prosecutor Lynn] Stoppy said. Foree is a recent graduate of CMSU. It's his first year of teaching. He is married.
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No charges were filed against
Christina Stranghuener, 33, of 707 E. Gay St., an algebra teacher at Warrensburg High School, resigned last Thursday after reports of inappropriate e-mails she sent two 17-year old males, one her student and the other a former student.
In a closed emergency meeting of the Warrensburg R-VI school board that afternoon, members voted 4-0 to accept Stranghoener’s immediate resignation. Stranghuener had taught in Warrensburg schools three years; her annual salary was $32,650.Warrensburg police said because the recipients of her e-mails were 17, the incidents did not constitute a crime.
A Warrensburg high school student complained about a teacher who stalked him and sent him pictures of her breasts. He said he received sexually suggestive text messages from his teacher, and he hated turning her in. According to her school Web page, she's married with four children, and the student said he had no idea why she decided to sexually harass him.
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CASE ACTIVITY
CASE REVIEW SCHEDULED for FOREE on August 1, 2008 at 9:00 am in Division III Courtroom before WANDA SUE DODSON.
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