Teacher Smackdown

In Paris, Illinois, high-school teacher Fred W. Fischer, 28, is charged with criminal sexual assault after being arrested for having sex with a 17-year-old female student. According to Paris police, the sexual relationship with the teenaged student appeared to be consensual.

However, in Illinois, such a relationship is illegal even though the legal age of consent in Illinois is 17. However, because Fischer had a position of authority over the girl, 18 is the legal age of consent.

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In Illinois, teacher Jon Andrew White is accused of molesting 11 students nine at Urbana’s Thomas Paine Elementary School and two at Colene Hoose Elementary in Normal. All were second grade girls.

White faces three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, and 13 counts of aggravated criminal abuse. If convicted of two of the more serious predatory criminal sexual assault counts, White faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.

Not only did White molest the children, but schoool officials were slow to remove him from the classroom after parents told them about a “tasting game” White was playing with their children. Parents said that although the principal, superintendent and human resources director were notified of White’s behavior in November of 2005, the second-grade teacher remained in his classroom until January 31, 2006 when police arrested him at work.

(This is horrible and the school district knows it. Maybe that’s why the principal, superintendent and HR director have all retired since the case came to light.)

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Here at Teacher Smackdown I’ve seen teachers fired for having sex at school with other teachers, molesting kids, and stealing. But I haven’t seen this much press attention for a teacher acting like an idiot.

In Illinois, Dave Warwak, 44, a teacher at Fox River Grove Middle School, was fired he had turned his classes into lectures on veganism and stopped teaching art.

He has filed an appeal with the Illinois State Board of Education, and said he would not return to the classroom unless the school served only lunches free of animal products. Well since that will never happen, I guess he doesn’t have a job, thank goodness.

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In Glasford, Illinois, Illini Bluffs Elementary School principal, John Walker, 42, was arrested for aggravated criminal sexual assault for raping a 20-year-old woman at a party.

A notice for termination and hearing is scheduled by the Illini Bluffs School District’s Board of Education. Walker is currently on his second 10-day paid suspension. Parents were hoping that Walker be fired on the spot.

The school board is now looking for an interim school principal. I’m not so sure I’d want the job considering that Walker’s arrest is the second sexual assault arrest at the school in past six months. Illini Bluffs teacher Ian McDonald is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student.

Must be something in the water.

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George Langlotz, 58, a driver’s ed teacher at Glenbard East High School, was arrested by Naperville, Illinois police for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student. Langlotz was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Langlotz was tutoring the girl at his home where the sexual conduct occurred. Authorities found out about the relationship after a witness observed the pair outside of school in the community. That witness reported the information to the school, who then reported it to the police.

The student’s family is cooperating with police, but the young woman is not. Police ask that anyone with any information on the case to call them at 630-305-5485.

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Track coach Klint Wescom, 30, is charged with sexually abusing a 17-year-old female student. Wescom works at Grayslake Central High School in Grayslake, Illinois and was charged with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

The student was one of several members of the track team who began visiting Wescom’s home to play board games. The student began visiting Wescom at his home by herself, and sexual contact took place between the two during the early morning hours of May 5.

Police seized Wescom’s computer to review correspondence between him and the teen. Text messages and postings on Facebook.com linked the girl and Wescom. (Click here to view Wescom’s Facebook page.)

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Bloomington, Illinois substitute teacher and minister, James C. Love, 37 was arrested on charges that he molested three children after sedating them with an anesthetic agent. He is facing two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and two counts of aggravated battery relating to sedation. According to police, the children were between the ages of 13 and 17 and were abused within the past five weeks.

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Akela J. Dillon, the Neuqua Valley High School teacher who slapped a 16-year-old black student for dating a white one, was found guilty of a misdemeanor battery charge. The incident was caught on video.

She’ll get a year of court supervision and was rdered to undergo anger-management counseling, pay $250 in fines and court fees, and avoid contact with the student.

Dillon, a first-year teacher at the high school, was immediately removed from the building following the incident. In March, she turned in a letter of resignation to be effective at the end of the school year, but was fired after her conviction.

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No one does it better than Jay Allen, The Zero Boss - write that is.

First, a followup on the Principal Leroy Coleman videotape scandal. Seems that the Sandridge School Board wants to take Coleman’s teaching and administrative certificates away. (And more on the ethics of posting stills from videotapes. Guess they’re not so illegal afterall.)

Jay also reports on Natosha Shaw, the pom dance team coach at Waukegan High School. Parents are trying to get her fired because of sexy photos she posted of herself when the real issue is her incompetency.

Then there’s an “interview” with Janet Lofton from the Morningwood News (Ms. Lofton was one of the teachers caught on videotape with Principal Leroy Coleman.) It’s a fun spoof that makes you wonder what were they thinking?

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As I reported earlier this week, principal Leroy Coleman and teacher Janet Lofton were caught on tape having sex in Coleman’s Sanridge Elementary School office. Teacher’s aide Anjayla Reed was also caught on tape having sex with her boss. The video tape was made illegally by person(s) unknown, and the AP is showing clips from it.

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Here’s a story about a teacher literally putting the smackdown on a student. In Naperville, Illinois, at Neuqua Valley High School, teacher Akela Dillion, 26, was put on administrative leave following allegations that she slapped a student.

Tiffany Stephens, whose son was smacked by Dillon, said she received a call from school administrators that her son struck Dillion. However, after talking with her son and reviewing a video tape of the incident, it was obvious that Dillion attacked the boy.

Stephens said her son told her he was standing at a row of lockers when Dillion approached him. Her son, who is black, said the teacher made derogatory remarks about him dating a white girl. Then she swung at the student twice, missing him the first time and hitting him the second time. The Naperville Police Department is investigating the incident and battery charges are pending.

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