Tough decision. She allegedly threatened to kill a school board member. Should the school board supply her with a lawyer or not? Hmmmm.
September 24, 2008 - Monroe Elementary School principal Patricia Rourk has been accused of communicating threats. Specifically, Rourk is accused of verbally threatening to kill Tracey Danka – a former school board candidate, parent and constant critic of Rourk and her school – and cursing and screaming at her outside the Sept. 16 school board meeting.
However, it was Danka who was arrested and charged Monday with simple assault. She denies using violence against Reid. Rourk was not arrested but Danka pressed charges. Both Rourk and Danka are scheduled to appear in court Oct. 15.
The case has pushed to the surface longtime tensions between the local black community and the Brunswick County school system. The school board will decide whether to supply Rourk with an attorney or not.
TT - This is what we call Trash Education.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ash, NORTH CAROLINA
Largo, FLORIDA
"Desperate and Horny Teachers of Florida" - Episode #75
September 25, 2008 - Alyson Perry-Jarvis, 36, a third-grade teacher at Southern Oaks Elementary School, was arrested Wednesday, accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenager. Their 
sexual relationship spanned July 2006 to August 2008, starting when the boy was 16.
Charged with one count of unlawful sexual activity with a minor, she is being held in Pinellas County Jail on $50,000 bond. The victim was not a student, but a neighbor of Perri-Jarvis.
The young man, now 18, reported Perry-Jarvis to the Sheriff's Office on Sept. 19.
"He realized what she was doing was wrong," sheriff's spokeswoman Cecilia Barreda said.
Perry-Jarvis is a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Samford University in Alabama. She and her husband have a son.
Full Name: Alyson Perry-Jarvis
Lakewood, COLORADO
CHARGES DISMISSED
Apr 20, 2007 - April T. Robertson, 32, a teacher's aide at Sobesky Academy, a special-education school, was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male student.
She was arrested for investigation of several felony charges including sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust”, sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust with a pattern and enticement of a child.
CHARGES DISMISSED September 25, 2008 - Charges of sex assault of a child by a person in a position of trust, and enticement of a child, against April T. Robertson were dismissed in June, according to court records. The case is closed, court records state.
Robertson no longer works for the school district.
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TT - No reason given.
Columbus, OHIO
September 25, 2008 - Webb Rieder, 32, a classroom aide at 
Valley Forge Elementary School, was arrested Thursday after police said he was the source of child pornography that was distributed over the Internet.
He was charged with one count of sexually oriented matter 
involving a juvenile. Additional charges were pending the outcome of the investigation.
Full Name: Webb David Rieder
BOND SET September 26 - Bond was set at $100,000 for Reider. Investigators found "114 (compact discs) in a paper bag," 10TV News reported.
Walworth, WISCONSIN
Role Model #1917
September 25, 2008 - Katie Luessenhop, 26, a second grade teacher who started teaching in the district three weeks ago, was arrested for having cocaine on school property.
She was arrested around 8:30 at night on school property in the school's parking lot after police got a call about a disturbance.
She has taken an indefinite leave of absence. She will be back in court in October.
Solvay, NEW YORK
Mar 14, 2007 -
Anthony Glinski, 31, a Solvay Middle School teacher's assistant has been charged with possessing child pornography.
"The FBI says Anthony Glinski paid to be a member of a website that contained images of pre-teen boys engaging in sexually explicit conduct and then saved some of those images to his computer."
Update Mar 15 - From the Syracuse Post-Standard: [Ellipses theirs.] 
The charge reads the defendant: "...did knowingly possess material that contains images of child pornography ... of children under the age of eighteen engaged in sexually explicit activity."TT - He isn't being charged for paying membership for a child porn site, but for possessing child pornography.
News10: School officials said the charge stems from child pornography found on Glinski's home computer, but the FBI is investigating school computers as well. The superintendent said it doesn't appear the defendant acted inappropriately with students, but he has been placed on a leave of absence.
GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING - September 18, 2008 - Glinski pleaded guilty in July to felony charges of possessing a sexual performance by a child. He was sentenced today to 10 year's probation. Glinski gave up his job as teacher's assistant as part of the prosecution. He was declared at sentencing today to be a Level 1 sex offender for purposes of the state sex offender registry.
TT - List of educators sentenced for child pornography.
TT - List of educators guilty, but not yet sentenced.
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U.S. Dept. of Justice Press Release (dated June 21, 2007)
A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court alleges that a laptop computer used solely by DAVID GLINSKI was obtained pursuant to a search warrant issued in March, 2007, in relation to an investigation into GLINSKI’S brother, Anthony Glinski. (Anthony Glinski was arrested on similar charges on March 14, 2007.)
The complaint further states that forensic analysis of DAVID GLINSKI’S computer revealed numerous images of child pornography downloaded to that computer.
Eloy, ARIZONA
September 25, 2008 - Bradley Key, 28, described as a "popular physical education teacher at the Toltec Middle School," was arrested on allegations of three counts of sexual conduct with a 17
-year-old Eloy girl starting in June of this year, and sending obscene items, including videos of himself, to the teenager via the internet.
Key has been in the district for four years, having transferred to the middle school form Toltec Elementary three years ago. He had even been selected as teacher of the month in August.
A search warrant was issued on Thursday, Sept. 11 for Key's and his wife's home on Sunshine Boulevard, which was investigated by local police forces.
Full Name: Bradley Jason Key
Port St. Lucie, FLORIDA
Role Model #6831 
September 25, 2008 - Lynne Wilson, 41, a Treasure Coast High School teacher, is facing drug and theft charge
s after police say she stole several items from a local Wal-Mart, returned them to get a gift card and then used the card to buy several items including a Tim McGraw CD and a couple packs of highlighters.
Police say Wilson also had a small clear bag of cocaine wrapped in a gum wrapper in her back pocket when police stopped her. Investigators also turned up a clear straw with cocaine residue on it in her back pocket.
Security noticed she took the items off store shelves just minutes before she "returned" them.
Shillington, PENNSYLVANIA
She asked a student to help arrange a drug buy.
May 16, 2008 - Susan Siegel, 53, a long-term substitute teacher Governor Mifflin High School was arrested after she bought marijuana from an undercover Berks County detective in the parking lot of a Reading diner after arranging the deal with a student, investigators said today.
Detectives set up the deal after a male student reported that Siegel called him out into the hallway during the class Wednesday and asked if he could get her one-half ounce of marijuana.PRELIMINARY WAIVED June 13 - Siegel waived a hearing in a court appearance this morning. She was charged with possessing marijuana and furnishing alcohol to minors.
Siegel said she would give him vodka for helping arrange the deal.
Siegel met the student in the diner parking lot Thursday about 4 p.m. and got into his car. An undercover detective got into the student’s car and sold Siegel the drug for $100.
According to Berks County detectives:FIRED Siegel was fired by the Gov. Mifflin School Board.
Siegel, a substitute business teacher, called the 18-year-old male student out into the hallway during class on May 14 and asked if he could get her a half-ounce of marijuana.
Siegel also sent text messages to the student’s cell phone later that day and the following day, pressing him to arrange a deal.
Siegel, who had been teaching the class for about a month, offered to give the student vodka for helping get the drug.
Full Name: Susan Marie Siegel
TT - Firing a substitute is easier and less complicated than firing a teacher who is represented by a teachers union and has contractual protections under a labor contract.
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TT - Berks County. As of July 4, 2008, the case was active and shows a trial date is scheduled for October 27, 2008.
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GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING September 19 - Siegel pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and furnishing alcohol to a minor. She was sentenced (kinda) to one year of probation and a $200 fine.
Bradford, VERMONT
Sept 16, 2007 - Richard Foster, 51, a 6th grade school teacher at Bradford Elementary School, was arrested Friday night on felony 
crimes against a child. The victim now lives in Florida.
The charges multiple counts of aggravated sexual assault on a minor; lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor; possession of child pornography; use of a child in a sexual performance; and luring a child for sexual exploitation.
After being released on bail, he attempted suicide.
The investigation is continuing and state police urge anyone with information to contact Detective Sgt. Tim Page at the Bradford barracks at 222-4680.
Sept 17 - WCAS-TV reports:
Police say the boy who had been most abused moved to Florida this summer and the crimes came to light last week when his parents discovered graphic photos of Foster on the boys cell phone. His parents contacted Vermont state police.Sept 17 - From the Boston Globe: Excerpts from Foster's suicide notes.
Sept 19 - He was released from the hospital. He now faces federal, as well as state, charges -a federal criminal complaint charging him with production of child pornography.
INDICTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: Sept 28 - Foster was indicted by
a grand jury on federal child pornography charges. Foster is already facing four felony state sex charges. He is being held without bail at the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans.NEW CHARGES Dec 21 -Foster been charged with six new counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one new count of attempted luring of a child.
MORE VICTIMS - Jan 7, 2008 - Police have identified more victims. The total now is four.
MORE COUNTS Feb 29 - New federal charges have been filed. A federal grand jury has indicted him for nine counts of producing child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography.
GUILTY PLEA September 19 - Foster pleaded guilty to two charges of production of child pornography involving children under the age of 12. Under the plea deal, Foster will be sentenced to at least 25 years in federal prison. He'll also have to register as a sex offender upon release from prison. He will be sentenced in December.
He also still faces state charges of sexual assault that could add many more years to the sentence.
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U.S. Department of Justice press release (dated September 19, 2008)
Foster is presently scheduled to be sentenced on December 22, 2008.---------------
Under the terms of a plea agreement, the United States will seek a sentence of between 25 and 27 years in prison. Foster has agreed not to seek a sentence of less than 25 years in prison. His ultimate sentence will be determined by the Honorable William K. Sessions III, as advised by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Under federal law, Foster faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 15 years and maximum term of imprisonment of 60 years. He will also be on federal supervised release after serving his prison sentence for a minimum of five years and possibly for life. He must also register as a sex offender.
Pacifica, CALIFORNIA
April 9, 2008 - Carlos D. Araiza, 44, a Terra Nova High School teacher, w
as indicted by a federal grand jury on April 2 on one count of receiving child pornography in or about January 2005 and one count of possessing child pornography in or about March 2005.
He ws arrested April 3 and pleaded not guilty.
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U.S. Department of Justice press release (dated April 9, 2008)
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GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING September 20, 2008 - Araiza pleaded guilty in June to one count of receiving child pornography.
He admitted that the pornography "depicted prepubescent children, including depictions of sadistic or masochistic conduct or other depictions of violence," Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Huang wrote in a sentencing memorandum in which he urged U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker to impose a 78-month sentence.He was sentenced to five years in federal prison.
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U.S. Department of Justice press release (dated September 19, 2008)
Craigmont, IDAHO
Washington state teacher arrested in Idaho.
April 16, 2008 - Timothy Kellis, 38, an A.G. West Black Hills High School band director, was arrested and charged 
in Latah County, Idaho, with one count of sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years of age, all felonies.
The incidents involved two boys and are alleged to have occurred while he was a counselor at a Boy Scout camp in the summer of 2007. The Idaho State police news release stated that :while a counselor at Camp Grizzly, located in Latah County, Idaho, Timothy Andrew Kellis fondled and engaged in lewd and lascivious contact with two minors under the age of 16."
EMPLOYMENT: Kellis worked as a teacher with Highland High School in Idaho from 2001 to 2006, and investigators said he worked at Camp Grizzly in Latah County during the summer of 2007, and may have worked as a counselor during prior years. Kellis is currently a teacher in Tumwater, Washington, where he has worked since 2006. He also is the teacher for one section of the band at Black Lake Elementary School.
Full Name: Timothy Andrew Kellis
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 24.
If anyone has any additional information concerning Kellis or any of his activities, they are asked to contact Idaho State Police Detective Bolon at (208) 799-5020.
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TT - The location is usually given as the school where the abuse occurred. However, no allegations of misconduct are alleged in Washington state where he currently teaches.
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April 19 - KLEWtv 3: Idaho State Police say there may be more charges against Kellis. Police say as many as four more boys may come forward.
INDICTED May 15 - A grand jury indicted Kellis with ten counts of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years of age and two counts of sexual abuse of a child May 12 in Moscow. The charges supercede the prior charges of lewd conduct and sexual abuse that were filed against Kellis in April. Kellis was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.
GUILTY VERDICT September 19 - A jury convicted Timothy Kellis on 12 felony counts involving four Boy Scouts molested at Camp Grizzly in northern Idaho. Kellis will be sentenced Nov. 12
Easton, PENNSYLVANIA
Headline: Pot bust snares rapper and teacher
April 12, 2008 - Tyson Scott, 33, a seventh-grade teacher at Easton Area Academy was arrested along with another man in New Jersey fo
r marijuana possession.
Both men were charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession with intent to distribute, but police could not confirm whether they suspected both men were dealing drugs or whether they were making an exchange between themselves.
The second man was identified as Adrian Reed, 32, who was arrested on suspicion of dealing marijuana three years ago. Police found the drug after a motor vehicle stop. Police patrols were providing extra security for nearby developments. 
Reportedly, Reed is a part-time rapper and Scott, moonlights as an independent music producer, according to Jessica Rissmiller, who has two children with Reed. Scott runs an independent music production label called Fourth Down Productions.
Scott previously worked at the Shawnee Middle School. Easton Area Academy is an alternative education school. Inexplicably, Scott is the onl y teacher without a web page.
IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER April 15 - The school board has not suspended Scott. They are gathering more information.
"We need to follow due process," said Alan McFall, Easton Area School District solicitor.
Acting Superintendent Joseph Kish could not comment on what the district's investigation entails or whether there is any indication Scott used or possessed drugs on school property.TT - Translation: It's none of your business if he used or possessed drugs on school property. Talk about arrogance.
"The Easton Area School District is conducting an investigation into the incident," he said. "This is a personnel matter. I have no further comment."
PLEA DEAL REJECTED June 13 - Scott rejected a plea bargain Thursday calling for a 90-day jail sentence.
The plea bargain called on Scott to plead guilty to third-degree possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Charges of second-degree possession with intent to distribute the drug within 500 feet of a public housing project in Phillipsburg and possession of marijuana would have been dropped.The case will now go to the grand jury. Scott remains suspended with pay, a status that will likely not change until he appears before the grand jury.
Warren County Assistant Prosecutor Tara Kirkendall increased the plea offer to 180 days in jail after Scott rejected the lesser offer through his attorney.
GUILTY PLEA July 3 - Scott pleaded guilty to a third-degree charge of possessing and intending to distribute marijuana. As part of his plea bargain, Scott will receive probation and will undergo a drug evaluation. He's scheduled to be sentenced October 17.
This bit is amusing. Termination is mandatory, except, except... :
"His job status has changed as a result of his guilty plea," said Alan McFall, Easton Area School District solicitor.SENTENCED Scott was sentenced Friday to 60 days in jail - not prison - and two years' probation on a charge. He was given credit for two days served.
The school code states any employee convicted of such charges is subject to mandatory termination of employment, McFall said.
Scott will have the right to a school board hearing if he requests one, or could contest the action by filing a grievance with his union, McFall said. Scott also would have the option of resigning.
On the Oprah.com Oprah Winfrey Show community page, Scott in June wrote that he thought he was passing along not a half-pound of marijuana, but a plastic bag full of bootlegged DVDs and CDs. He added that the $875 police found on him was his rent money.
He detailed his tough childhood in Asbury Park, his accomplishment as the first member of his family to go to college and his letter to prosecutors maintaining, "I am not a criminal, drug dealer, or drug runner. I just thought I was doing a favor for a friend or somone (sic) who I thought was my friend."
"I want to first apologize for making an egregious error in putting myself in this position in the first place," he wrote.
Gilbert, ARIZONA
July - Victim objection to the plea agreement. Judge agrees to defer acceptance.
September - Sentenced (sorta) to 10 years of probation.
Dec 19, 2007 -
Gay Lyn Turley, 42, a Mesa High School teacher, coach and an employee at the Mesa Aquatic Center, was arrested on ten counts of sexual contact with a minor.
The sexual relationship with the girl began when she was 16-years-old and dated from 2003 through 2005. The victim is now 20. Turley admitted the relationship.
Gilbert Police are concerned that there may be additional victims in this case. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gilbert Police Department at 480-503-6500.
Dec 21 - The former student who accused Turley was arrested earlier this year on domestic violence charges. The arrest was made in August after the former student allegedly assaulted Mesa High School teacher and coach Gay Lyn Turley, 42, in her Gilbert home, police said.
She was also charged with disorderly conduct and criminal damage. The two had been living together since 2005, and were romantically involved since 2003. However, the former student recently moved out, police said. Turley is on paid leave.
NOT GUILTY PLEA Jan 18, 2008 - Turley pleaded not guilty to charges of having sexual conduct with a former student.
GUILTY PLEA - SENTENCING DELAYED July 24, 2008 - Turley pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual conduct with a minor, but the victim objected to the agreement that could mean Turley would only be charged with a misdemeanor.
Deputy County Attorney Harold Brenneman Jr. asked Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Helene Abrams to defer accepting the plea after hearing the victim's objections. Abrams granted his request and scheduled sentencing for Aug. 27
The charge is a class six felony and can be reduced to a misdemeanor because the victim was more than 15 years when the crime occurred. The difference would be one year in prison on the felony or six months in jail on the misdemeanor conviction.
SENTENCED (Sorta) September 20 - Turley was sentenced (sorta) to 10 years of probation. She will have to register as a sex offender. She must also surrender her teaching certificate.
Tenino, WASHINGTON
ARRESTED September 22, 2008 - Sean C. Dillon, 35, a Tenino High School teacher and coach, was arrested and is being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor.
Dillon was arrested at the Tenino School District's superintendent's office, near Tenino Elementary School in the 300 block of Old Highway 99.
School district officials called police Friday after a psychologist contacted the district about Dillon. After police arrived at the superintendent's office, Dillon "provided a statement" and was arrested.
LEGAL INFO: (from the story) First-degree sexual misconduct is a class C felony. A person is guilty of the crime in the first degree "when the person is a school employee who has, or knowingly causes another person under the age of eighteen to have, sexual intercourse with a registered student of the school who is at least sixteen years old and not married to the employee, if the employee is at least sixty months older than the student," according to the revised code of Washington.
NO CHARGES - STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS September 23 - Dillon was released from jail and no charges have been filed the statute of limitations for the alleged crimes has expired. The girl, now 23, alleges that the criminal sexual misconduct by her former teacher, Sean C. Dillon, now 35, of Tumwater occurred when she was between 16- and 18- years old. There is a three-year statue of limitation on First-degree sexual misconduct.
The police investigation continues. Dillon is on paid adminstrative leave.
Leavenworth, KANSAS
September 22, 2008 - Anthony C. Baker, 36, a Leavenworth elementary school librarian, has been charged with three counts of rape, six counts of aggravated criminal sodomy, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.The crimes are alleged to have been committed in 2005 and 2006. The victim was 10 years old.
A preliminary is scheduled for October 29.
Baker worked for the Leavenworth public school district for 10 years, first as a teacher at Muncie Elementary School. He then spent 4.5 years as the school’s librarian. He resigned in the summer of 2007, school officials said.
Baker already has been sentenced in a federal case for a charge of producing child pornography. He was sentenced to 17.5 years in prison
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WE FOUND: U.S. Department of Justice Press Release (dated February 11, 2008) 
At the time of the crime, Baker was a librarian at Muncie Elementary School in Leavenworth, Kan., and the victim was a 10-year-old student. Baker pleaded guilty in October 2007 to one count of producing child pornography.
In his plea, Baker admitted that he began tutoring the victim while she was a student at Muncie Elementary and that his wife objected to his having the girl over to their home and buying the girl presents. Baker’s wife began monitoring how he used the computer at home. She discovered files that indicated he was chatting over the Internet with underage girls and collecting pornography that included sexual images of children.Baker will be required to register as a sex offender. When he is released from prison he will be required to serve 20 years on supervised release.
After she turned the computer over to law enforcement officers, investigators discovered images of Baker and girl performing oral sex on one another, as well of photos of them both naked, as well as photos of him penetrating the girl.
Buckhannon, WEST VIRGINIA
September 22, 2008 - Robert McNemar, 37, a former county school teacher, was sentenced to 31 to 75 years in prison.
McNemar was indicted in January on 22 counts of sexual assault in the 3rd degree, 31 counts of sexual abuse by a parent or guardian and 31 counts of incest. In May, he refused a plea agreement and instead pleaded guilty to all counts of the indictment. The original plea agreement would have charged him with only six counts with a maximum sentence of 16 to 50 years.
Judge Thomas Keadle ordered the sentences to run concurrently.
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Australia (Sept 23) A female teacher who had an affair with a 14-year-old boy at a South-West school where she taught was “emotionally bereft” and could not resist the boy’s advances, the District Court in Bunbury was told yesterday. The woman, who is now 35, has pleaded guilty to four counts of sexually penetrating a child and is due to be sentenced next week.
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Bennington, VERMONT
Headline: Charges may prompt SVSU policy changes
The "may" is the scarey part.
September 23, 2008 - Shawn R. Pratt, 36, a paraprofessional at Mount Anthony Union High School, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of aggravated sexual assault against a minor and two counts of lewd and lascivious cond
uct with a child.
When he was hired in 2005 Pratt had several criminal convictions, including driving with a suspended license, possession of marijuana and domestic assault. He was retained even after he was convicted in 2007 of simple assault and domestic assault. Employees are not required to notify the school district when they are arrested.
On Sept. 5, Pratt was convicted of violating his probation and sentenced to serve 24 days in prison, which was to begin on Oct. 5. Four employees, including MAU Principal Sue Maguire, math teacher Mike Canavan, science teacher Charles Moses and Marge Collins, a special education aide, were listed in court records as witnesses for Pratt for the Sept. 5 hearing.
Moses, who teaches chemistry, said he knew Pratt in the classroom and also played basketball with him.School employees who testified in Pratt's favor did so as private citizens, not school employees. According to Bennington County State's Attorney Erica Marthage, teachers at the school appeared at the hearing to testify on his behalf, trying to have the charge downgraded from a felony to a misdemeanor, because Pratt would lose his job if convicted of a felony.
"I believe he's an incredible asset to the school," Moses said. "To put him in an institution would be taking an asset to society and making him somebody we would have to take care of."
Canavan told the court that Pratt was a "very kind and nurturing person," who was "perfect for kids" and a "definite asset to the school." Canavan testified that he was aware of some of Pratt's convictions, but does not believe that Pratt is a violent person.
"I personally think that that's not him," he said.
Canavan also said he did not think it was unusual that a person with Pratt's criminal record would be allowed to work at the school.
Collins said she has served as a mentor to Pratt. Pratt "made poor choices in his teens and 20s," but he has had "a real desire to change."
The board will look into changing the policy, possibly requiring school employees to report to the board if they have been arrested.
ARRESTED - Pratt was arrested September 18 after a 10-year-old female told her mother on Sept. 14 that Pratt had been "rubbing my thigh and he rubbed my privates." The incident brought forward other memories of sexual contact with Pratt that she said occurred when she was "2, 3 or 4," Bennington Police Detective Lawrence Cole wrote in the affidavit.
Lockport, NEW YORK
Jan 12, 2008 - Marcy L. Cole, 35, a Roy B. Kelly Elementary School teacher, was arrested and charged her with felony driving while intoxicated, as well as aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Her license was revoked in October following a DWI arrest in April.
A parent of a pupil in Cole’s classroom said her daughter came home from school on Tuesday and said Cole appeared intoxicated earlier in the day and swore at a pupil before being escorted out of the school.
Lockport School Superintendent Terry Ann Carbone would not address what happened in school on Tuesday. She told The Buffalo News she was unable to discuss personnel matters or health-related issues involving a particular teacher.Carbone also said she was unaware of Cole’s October conviction and said the Department of Motor Vehicles, according to state law, does not have to inform them of convictions involving employees.
Jan 14 - Cole is no longer in the classroom after a third arrest for driving while intoxicated. This past Thursday, Cole was pulled over on Day Road in the Town of Lockport and charged with felony DWI.
Jan 16 - Lockport School Terry Carbone, Superintendent, 'I knew of a, a..an arrest in April." He says when they learned of her arrest in April, the district laundched an investigation and Cole didn't finish out the "07" school year but she returned last fall. They've decided she won't be finishing off this school year either. Right now Cole is on paid leave.
Feb 6 - Cole appeared Tuesday in court to face charges stemming from her third DWI arrest in one year. CShe was pulled over Jan. 10 on Day Road and charged with felony DWI.She also has a case pending in Royalton in connection with an October traffic stop on Gasport Road.
In November, Cole pleaded guilty in Lockport Town Court to misdemeanor DWI and was sentenced to pay a $500 fine in connection with an April 18 arrest on Beattie Avenue.
GRAND JURY POSSIBLE March 13 - A court appearance was adjourned and the case may be sent to a grand jury. A Royalton Town Court clerk said Thursday the case was expected to be sent to a Niagara County grand jury. Her attorney said that "was not necessarily" the case.
Cole is also scheduled for a court appearance April 1 in Lockport Town Court, in connection with the Jan. 10 arrest. That too, according to her attorney, might be adjourned.
COURT CASE ADJOURNED in Lockport April 1 - Cole was scheduled to appear in Lockport Town Court on a felony DWI charge, but her attorney, Thomas Scirto, said the appearance would be adjourned.
Scirto said this is “probably the last time” the case would be adjourned in Lockport Town Court, though he declined to say what he expects will happen next in the case.CASE ADJOURNED in Royalton April 11 - Scheduled for an appearance in Royalton Town Court, her attorney, Thomas Scirto, said the appearance was adjourned.
“We have a number of things we’re trying to work out,” he said. “A lot of it is dependent upon what we might be able to work out with the district attorney’s office.”
ARRESTED (AGAIN) June 18 - Cole was arrested for fourth time for DWI in 14 months. She was charged this time with felony driving while intoxicated, first-degree felony aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, criminal impersonation and other vehicle and traffic infractions.
About the time of her DWI arrest in January, Cole was suspended for the remainder of the school year following several complaints from parents about alleged inappropriate conduct in the classroom, including showing up intoxicated at school. She remains suspended with pay.The criminal impersonation is because she gave a false name to the officer, mispelling it several times. She attempted to drive away and there was a struggle to get her out of the car.
In court, she pleaded not guilty and denied that she refused to take a breathalyzer test. She refused to acknowledge that she had been read her Miranda rights, instead saying repeatedly, “I don’t care.”
See the video report at KIVB-TV.
SEPARATION AGREEMENT June 18 - The district Board of Education officially accepted Marcy L. Cole’s resignation at Wednesday night’s meeting.
“The district and Ms. Cole have determined that they wish to resolve her status by agreement,” Superintendent Terry Ann Carbone said. “It allows the district to avoid lengthy and costly proceedings under the New York state education law which would have been required by Cole, given her status as a tenured teacher.”There is a term of separation agreement, the details of which could not be released because it is a personnel matter, Carbone said. The resignation is effective July 1.
On GRAND JURY calendar - June 20 -Her attorney said that the case, along with the Town of Lockport case, will be sent to Niagara County grand jury on July 1. The attorney waived a felony hearing in Royalton Town Court for the charges stemming from Cole’s most recent arrest Monday.
GUILTY PLEA September 3 - Cole pleaded guilty to two felony charges of driving while intoxicated. Cole pleaded guilty to two felony counts of DWI in connection with her arrests on Oct. 7, 2007, and Jan. 10, 2008. She already had a previous DWI conviction, after pleading guilty in October to misdemeanor DWI in connection with an April 18, 2007, traffic stop in the Town of Lockport. She was arrested a fourth time in June on charges of DWI in the Town of Royalton.
She had been out on $10,000 bail, but her bail was revoked Sept. 12 after probation officers reported she tested positive for alcohol twice. Cole is now in custody at the Niagara County Jail.
She will be sentenced November 6.