A father protesting the mask mandate at his daughter’s high school was arrested after allegedly physically assaulting a student.
50-year-old Dan Bauman is the parent of a 15-year-old girl who attends Fort Lauderdale High School.
Because of the high number of COVID-19 cases in the area, the school chose to implement a mask mandate for all of the students and staff on the campus.
A teenager was arrested after allegedly breaking into a database in his high school’s computer system and adding unsavory material to the yearbook’s student quotes section.
18-year-old Hollister Tryton attends Glastonbury High School in Connecticut.
As a feature in the yearbook, students were able to submit their personal quotes to be printed underneath pictures in the annual.
A high school teacher in Oregon was arrested when he was accused of sexually violating another instructor who works at the educational institution.
56-year-old Matthew Lenoue is from Spokane, Washington, but he currently resides and works in Dallas, Oregon. He is employed by the Dallas School District as a special education teacher at Dallas High School.
On June 11, the Dallas Police Department was notified by the Dallas School District Administration. They reported a possible sexual assault incident between a male and female teacher that allegedly occurred on the high school campus prior to the start of the school day.
A former Kentucky high school teacher was arrested after the authorities allegedly learned that she engaged in sexual acts with a former underage student.
27-year-old Mollie Verkamp lives in Florence and used to teach at the high school in the Walton-Verona Independent School District.
According to the authorities, in May 2019, the school district reported Verkamp and accused her of sharing texts and videos with sexual content with an 18-year-old student while she was employed at the high school.
A few days before Christmas, a man in a small Connecticut town allegedly lit off fireworks and was charged for DUI when he reportedly tried to flee the scene.
On December 23, the East Lyme Police Department was notified of a possible situation involving fireworks coming from the back of the East Lyme High School.
Police dispatched to the location and reported that there were several cars in the vicinity when they arrived, but the vehicles quickly began to disperse. The officers pull over the departing drivers and questioned them about the reported explosions.
A Minnesota deputy who provided security services at a high school has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old student while he was on duty and wearing his uniform.
Shevlin resident Neil H. Dolan has been tenured with the Clearwater County Sheriff’s Office for nearly 10-years. The 31-year-old deputy also serves as a school resource officer and an assistant football coach at Bagley High School in Bagley, Minnesota.
It was reported by a parent of the girl involved in the allegations that Bagley had a friendly rapport with the students where he appeared to relate with them, often giving them high-fives when they passed each other on campus. It was additionally reported that several of the families with kids enrolled at the school included Bagley in their celebrations at their homes.
A high school band director has been accused of possessing videos and other materials allegedly showing evidence that he was sexually interacting with a former student.
47-year-old Christopher Michael Blackmer has worked with the students at Winter Park High School as the director of the band for the past 6 years.
At the end of January, the authorities were allegedly presented information from an unnamed source claiming that Blackmer was in possession of images and video of an underage boy. The report also alleged that Blackmer recently shared the pictures with a current student attending Winter Park High.
In mid-December, an enrollee showed up at the Cairo-Durham School District office and disclosed that she was a homeless 15-year-old who was not currently attending school. She allegedly stated that her name was Riley Madison.
The student was immediately assigned a school and transportation services within the district based on the McKinney-Vento Act. This federally recognized assistance act ensures that children without stable living conditions are granted access to public education even if they don’t have the typical documentation required for registration.
A teacher at a Texas high school has been charged after he opened a file containing pornography that was displayed in front of the class during a lesson.
At the end of September, high school science teacher James Edward Alleman III was using a projector as a part of his instruction to his class and when he began the lesson it was reported that sexual content popped up on the screen.
The faux pas was reported to the school staff by one of the classmates in attendance, who additionally said that Alleman verbalized to those who viewed it that the incident shouldn’t have happened.
A substitute teacher who was working in a high school classroom in Connecticut is facing charges for allegations that he encouraged students in the school to participate in “fight club” type activities.
Ryan Avery Fish, a 23-year-old substitute teacher, was working an assignment in a high school math class at Montville High School from August until October of 2017. During his time as their teacher Fish has been accused of allowing the teenagers at the school to form a fight club inside of his classroom. In a statement to the authorities, he said that he permitted the activity in order to “let them be teenagers and let them get their energy out.”
On December 14 one of the 15-year-old students in Fish’s class reported that he was experiencing emotional distress after unwillingly taking part in a fight where he was beaten up and had his belongings stolen by his fellow schoolmates. The DCF Juvenile Court Liaison in Waterford was notified and reported that the alleged victim would be receiving a mental health evaluation from a local hospital in order to assess his condition.
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