Sexual misconduct plagues US schools
You hear so much about the church scandals, but what about our schools?
I find this seriously disturbing, especially as church is a choice, school is not.
I found it most disturbing that theses creeps are usually just forced to resign, according to the article:
Quote:Too often, problem teachers are allowed to leave quietly. That can mean future abuse for another student and another school district.
"They might deal with it internally, suspending the person or having the person move on. So their license is never investigated," says Charol Shakeshaft, a leading expert in teacher sex abuse who heads the educational leadership department at Virginia Commonwealth University.
It's a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames ? "passing the trash" or the "mobile molester."
The schools that allow this to happen should be held accountable as well as the criminals who prey on children. Just as the church was found to be accountable for just reassigning priests, school officials who fail to report this to the police, or state board or whoever are just as guilty.