Friday, June 20, 2008

Easton, PENNSYLVANIA

June 20, 2008 -From Penn.live:

The Easton Area School Board voted 7-1 to accept the resignation of high school teacher Andrea Fox.

The 33-year-old German teacher allegedly was caught by school officials last month accepting an invitation for sex from a 17-year-old student during a chat on her school computer, according to sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.

District Solicitor Alan McFall said the district will file a report with the state bureau of teacher licensing and standards, which will determine whether Fox's teaching license would be revoked.
June 17 - A criminal investigation is ongoing. She taught at Easton Area High School. She had been on paid leave May 22 and was placed on unpaid leave June 5, the day an internal investigation had concluded.
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SCHOOL INFO
The school rates a 3 at GreatSchools.net
The district rates a 4 at GreatSchools.net
Testing in Pennsylvania: An Overview from GreatSchools.net

ONLINE RESOURCE
You can find state Notification of Teaching Certificate Actions
here.
Surrender has the same effect as revocation. Many of the actions are "surrender in lieu of discipline" that involve sex with students.

In the March 31, 2008
notices, for instance, there were seven revocations for sex convictions. One revocation was for a Sexual/Romantic Relationship. There were eight surrenders for inappropriate, improper or sexual relationships with students, with only one charged
We looked at the list in April to see how many we knew about. TT entry