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Don't public school teachers have to pass some sort of back ground check? Aren't there regulations in place to prevent teachers from sexual misconduct with their students? Why isn't someone protecting these public school students Mr. Bounds?
- Somehow We Must Find A Way To Safeguard Children While Insuring That Witch Hunts Do Not Occur
The AP did a series on teachers who were guilty of sexual misconduct this week. While this is a serious issue with dire ramafacations for all involved, I think we need to keep in mind that only a small percentage of teachers are sexual predators. Unfortunately...
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- Biology In The Public Schools
From the Sun Herald A former Richland High School biology teacher has pleaded guilty to having sex with two of his underage students. David Ozborn, 38, faces up to 60 years in prison on two counts of sexual battery relating to two encounters with the...
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Mr Bounds Could You Scrutinize Public School Teachers Please?
A former Ocean Springs school teacher received a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with two of his students. Doug Alan Lundy, 35, who taught history at Ocean Springs High School, was sentenced to six years in prison, which he must serve "day-for-day," after pleading guilty to three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes and eight counts of sexual battery. Lundy was a history teacher at Ocean Springs High School when he had an affair with a 17-year-old student starting in 2004.
Don't public school teachers have to pass some sort of back ground check? Aren't there regulations in place to prevent teachers from sexual misconduct with their students? Why isn't someone protecting these public school students Mr. Bounds?
- Somehow We Must Find A Way To Safeguard Children While Insuring That Witch Hunts Do Not Occur
The AP did a series on teachers who were guilty of sexual misconduct this week. While this is a serious issue with dire ramafacations for all involved, I think we need to keep in mind that only a small percentage of teachers are sexual predators. Unfortunately...
- Slap On The Wrist For Substitute Teacher That Has Sex With 17 Year Old
A former substitute teacher who became pregnant during an affair with a 17-year-old high school football captain was sentenced on Tuesday to three days in jail and five years of probation. Christine Scarlett, 40, pleaded guilty May 11 to five felony...
- 14 Year Old Public School Student Sells Drugs To Classmates
Four Ocean Springs Middle School students were taken to the Jackson County Youth Court Monday after one was caught selling a prescription painkiller to three others. The students were not identified because of their age, but Ocean Springs Detective Matt...
- Bounds Bad News For Mississippi
I have always been thankful it is so easy to homeschool in Mississippi. You just register your child as homeschooled with the school attendance officer for your school district. So Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds' threats to scrutinize homeschooling...
- Biology In The Public Schools
From the Sun Herald A former Richland High School biology teacher has pleaded guilty to having sex with two of his underage students. David Ozborn, 38, faces up to 60 years in prison on two counts of sexual battery relating to two encounters with the...