teacher molest middle school student, fellow teachers support him (illegal, Michigan, education)

[victimofGM]

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He sexually molest a middle school boy. During the trial, his fellow teachers wrote letters to the court asking that he be given the minimum sentence possible. Parents demand school board fire those teachers. Fear of lawsuits from teachers and teachers' union if they did fire the teachers, the school board refuses. Parents begin pulling their kids out of the school.

[HappyTexan]

I'd pull my kid too.

That these teachers are trying to trivialize sexual molestation by one of their own is pretty disgusting.

[pknopp]

I can't believe anyone would allow their child to be left alone with a teacher. (Said sarcastically in response to another thread)

[Mathguy]

Well, the school was in a catch-22 since firing the handful of teachers asking for leniency would have been illegal.

Then the parents responded in their own way by voting with their feet.

An ugly situation.

[Spaten_Drinker]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

I'd pull my kid too.

That these teachers are trying to trivialize sexual molestation by one of their own is pretty disgusting.

How do they diminish the homosexual rape of a boy as a "mistake"?

[BoomBen]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

Well, the school was in a catch-22 since firing the handful of teachers asking for leniency would have been illegal.

Then the parents responded in their own way by voting with their feet.

An ugly situation.

Love those public Teachers Unions- Its all about the Children!- right?

[NickySantoro]

You see this kind of attitude with cops all the time, but you expect better from teachers who supposedly act in loco parentis during the day.

[kidkaos2]

Originally Posted by Spaten_Drinker

How do they diminish the homosexual rape of a boy as a "mistake"?

Not only that, but one of them said it was an isolated incident. The guy pleaded guilty to molesting him from 2006 to 2009. 3 years is an "isolated incident"?

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by TBideon

Can you imagine those lunatics teaching your child? I would flip out if they even talked to my son or daughter.
Don't teachers have some kind of morals clause?

As America declines so will its institutions.

[Oldhag1]

Here are copies of the actual letters.

Leniency Letters from West Branch Rose City Teachers