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September 11, 2018

Accused pedophile hired at charter school was banned from jobs at Broward public schools

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Although the Broward District Schools Police Department’s chief of police informed an accused pedophile that his termination had disqualified him from future employment with Broward County Public Schools, the former substitute teacher found a job with a charter school in Broward County and applied for a Florida educator certificate, records released Thursday show. https://www.local10.com/education/accused-pedophile-got-job-at-charter-school-despite-broward-schools-disqualification-records-show

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June 8, 2018

Former day care worker accused of sexual assault facing additional charges

Former day care worker, Taylor Keith Boykin, 27, was accused of sexually assaulting four children over the course of a year at a Minnieland Academy facility in Bristow, Virginia. Boykin was arrested April 20 after an investigation into claims by the parents of a 5-year-old girl led to discovery of three other victims. Soon after, he was indicted on four charges each of sexual object penetration of a child, aggravated sexual battery of a child, and indecent liberties with a child by a custodian; along with five counts of producing sexually explicit material, two counts of possession of sexually explicit […]

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May 11, 2018

Florida middle school teacher accused of ‘foot fetish’ loses teaching license

JUPITER, FLA. — For six years, suspicions persisted about Kenneth Phillips’ relationship with his adolescent students at a South Florida middle school and his seeming infatuation with bare feet. View image on Twitter The Palm Beach Post ✔@pbpost In 2012, a teacher concerned about Phillips’ overly friendly relations with students reported him to police, saying she had seen him with a student’s bare feet in his lap. School district police learned that Phillips permitted students to remove their socks in class and store them in his mini-refrigerator. Nearly a decade after the first concerns were documented, […]

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April 16, 2018

Sexual assault accusations prompt FSU School of Theatre town hall

The Florida State University School of Theatre hosted the play, “Tartuffe,” by Moliere from March 30 to April 8, 2018. The cast and crew performed the play the night before opening night as a special presentation to fellow students within the School of Theatre. Lauren Hermanson is a student within the School of Theatre and was a cast member getting ready for the inaugural “Tartuffe” performance when she noticed that her accused rapist, a fellow student within the School of Theatre, was sitting in the front row. Once she finished her performance, Hermanson stepped outside to mend the panic attack that […]

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March 5, 2018

Is it child abuse? California schools should report to cops, experts say, even if they’re not sure

It might have seemed harmless enough. Some San Jose middle school parents didn’t like the way a physical education teacher and coach was photographing their girls at events. The principal had told the coach to stop after a similar complaint a year earlier. But after a second complaint, the principal seized the coach’s school-issued computer, confronted him and alerted police, who investigated and last month arrested the former coach on child molestation and pornography charges. For school officials who, under California law, are required to report suspicions of child abuse to authorities, experts say the lesson is clear: Don’t hesitate to […]

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February 16, 2018

Charter School Sued for Child-on-Child Sexual Assault in a Kindergarten Class

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Charter School Sued for Child-on-Child Sexual Assault in a Kindergarten Class WHAT: JEFF HERMAN (www.hermanlaw.com), a nationally-recognized attorney for victims of sexual abuse in schools and daycare centers, announces the filing of a lawsuit against Citizens of the World Charter Schools (located in Brooklyn, NY) for failing to protect a student from sexual assaults by a classmate. According to the Complaint: A male kindergarten student stuck his hands down the pants of a five-year old kindergarten girl. The little girl told her mother who immediately went to the school and advised the principal of the assault. […]

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February 13, 2018

Counselor at California School for the Deaf Arrested

https://www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea/article/School-For-Deaf-Counselor-Arrested-On-Suspicion-12608654.php A counselor at the California School for the Deaf in Fremont has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation and making criminal threats, the California Highway Patrol said today. Ricardo Tafolia Rose, 56, a Fremont resident who has worked for the state since 1989, was arrested on Friday, according to the CHP. Investigators have identified one victim in the case so far, the CHP said.

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February 8, 2018

The School Board of Volusia County Sued for Failing to Protect Autistic Student from Known Sexual Predator

The School Board of Volusia County Sued for Failing to Protect Autistic Student from Known Sexual Predator Who Was Later Convicted of Manslaughter WHAT: JEFF HERMAN (www.hermanlaw.com), a nationally-recognized attorney for victims of sexual abuse in schools and daycare centers, announces the filing of a lawsuit against THE SCHOOL BOARD OF VOLUSIA COUNTY for failing to protect a disabled students from sexual assaults by Marcus White, a classmate and known sexual predator. According to the Complaint: John Doe who is autistic was a student at New Smyrna Beach High School. John Doe was sexually assaulted on numerous occasions by Marcus […]

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January 22, 2018

Former “Teacher of the Week” Arrested for Child Molestation

West Palm Beach, FL – Terrence Gervin Dwarika, a former music teacher, will remain on house arrest until trial after he was arrested earlier this month for lewd and lascivious molestation of two male students. The victims were students of Dwarika’s at Trinity Christian School in Palm Beach Gardens where he taught private music lessons after school. Police received a complaint from the mother of two young boys after an outing her sons had with Dwarika on December 26. The outing was intended to be a shopping trip to buy the boys Christmas gifts. Instead, Dwarika took the boys to […]

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Private Schools/Public Schools/Schools

January 8, 2018

Trial Starts for Elementary School Teacher for Failure to Report Child Sex Abuse

Cedar Rapids, IA – Diane Graham, a Starry Elementary School teacher, is charged with failure to report sexual abuse of three of her students by a teenaged male classroom volunteer. Iowa law requires any licensed school employee to report any abuse of a child within 24 hours of notice. Graham previously claimed she had no notice of the abuse which occurred in her classroom in 2016. However, the criminal complaint states two students, on two occasions, advised the teacher of the abuse. According to The Gazette, Logan McMurrin was 15 at the time he volunteered in Graham’s classroom. He was […]

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