Posted on 04/09/2013 8:55:02 AM PDT by Liz
A rare, salacious lawsuit against the elite DC private school drags high-profile Washingtonians into unwanted limelight and airs graphic e-mails from the psychologist who taught sex ed at the Obama daughters school.
The exceedingly messy lawsuit is headed for trialand the circle of high-profile Washingtonians wrapped up in the case is expanding. A Sidwell official claims a school psychologist had an affair with his wife while treating his daughter, then five, and that Sidwell took flagrant and outrageous actions that allowed the open sexual relationship.
For Sidwellan elite private school in DC with an annual tuition of around $34,000the lawsuit is an embarrassing airing of dirty laundry, something it normally goes to great lengths to avoid. The schools parents, students, and alumni include many members of Washingtons most prominent families.
President Obamas two daughters attend Sidwell, as do Vice President Bidens grandchildren; Chelsea Clinton and Al Gore III both attended, as did the children of cabinet secretaries, journalists, business leaders, senators, and congressmen, among others.
The lawsuit always had the potential to rope in some of the high-profile families who knew of the affair or whose children had been in the care of the accused psychologist, James Huntington, who also taught sex education to sixth-grade students during the year one of the Obama daughters was in that grade. That potential turned into a subpoena for Elsa Walsh, wife of journalist Bob Woodward.
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I’m a bit confused. What “actions” does this guy think that a school should have taken to keep two consenting adults from having an affair?
I mean, I believe affairs are immoral, but they are not really illegal anymore.
shocked all these democrats’ kids didn’t go through the dc public school system. they’ve always said you get the best education in public schools.
Perhaps they don’t all really think the way you believe they do?
You get better fondling at Sidwell Friends. Who was Sidwell and why would I or my non existent offspring want to be his ‘friend’.
I’m thinking the dictionaries’ version of friend might not line up with Mr (or Mrs. ) Sidwell’s.
Also a drug scandal going on at Sidwell:
http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/09/obama-daughters-school-facing-sex-drug-scandal/
Obama admitted to using drugs, why shouldn’t his daughter be given the same opportunity.
The fact that he used drugs never stopped him from being President.
Obama daughters' school hit with prank email about sex, contraception
Yahoo! News / ABC News ^ | May 22, 2012 | Olivier Knox / FR Posted by 2ndDivisionVet
The upscale Washington private school that counts Sasha and Malia Obama as students was hit Tuesday with a prank email advising parents that their children would receive "a voucher that may be redeemed for their choice of contraception" at the prom this year. Washingtonian magazine broke the news of the fake message, which purported to be a missive sent from the Sidwell Friends School administration.
It is unclear how many families at the Quaker day school received the message, which was addressed to "Parents of the Sidwell Friends School Community." Contacted by Yahoo News, the school had no immediate comment. Ellis Turner, who handles media inquiries, was unavailable. Washingtonian said upper-school principal Lee Palmer had emailed parents to disavow the message as a fake.
Among the gems in the prank message, which The Washingtonian reprinted in full: "With the influence of today's media--often as morally corrosive as it is entertaining--many Sidwell students believe that it is OK to engage in mature sexual relationships at a young age, and even at school." The school will ensure "availability of free condoms in all restrooms and distribution of condoms at school dances, sporting events, theatre productions, and other school-sponsored activities."
Regarding the prom: "As students board the chartered buses that will transport them from Sidwell Friends to the Four Seasons Hotel, they will each receive a voucher that may be redeemed for their choice of contraception at the conclusion of the Prom and After-Party event...."
"This option will be provided free of charge. Information and condoms will be made readily available in several locations around the Upper School. We suggest parents consider adopting similar policies at home."
THE EMAIL ENDED: "News of so-called 'hook-ups,' a colloquial euphemism for sex, often spreads like wildfire among the student body, tarnishing the reputations of some without sex partners and polishing the reputations of others who may have several partners." (Excerpt) abcnews.go.
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UPDATE (cackle) When appraised of the Sidwell School's public-spirited effort to finance pre-prom contraception packages, sex-expert Sandra Fluck volunteered to give a seminar to show Sidwell students how to use contraceptives to prevent being punished with a baby.
Fluck, a nationally known fornicator and contraceptive user, says she wants to make sure every couple gets maximum enjoyment, especially first time fornicators.
Pres and Mrs Obama---whose two daughters attend the elite school---have asked HHS and the DOE to assist Sidwell and Fluck in the presentation......b/c the Obama's know that govt has all the know-how necessary to achieve sexual pleasure.
"I hope you have fun at the Sidwell prom, Malia."
Don't worry Dad--I'll have fun and I won't get
punished with a baby, thanks to Sidwell's planning."
"Malia, I don't want my reputation as a fashion plate tarnished. I hope you choose the right color condom."
"Don't worry, Mom. My condoms will match my prom dress perfectly."
" Obama, Malia's date for the prom is very important for your legacy. A black athlete would be nice---if we could find one who hasn't raped anyone lately."
" Michele, a Trayvon Martin look-alike would be nice----but they wouldn't let him into the Four Seasons wearing a hoodie. Look, I really need to shore up my gay base----know any nice girls Malia could take?"
did i need the /sarc ?
Counseling the child of the woman with whom he is having the affair - clear violation of professional ethics. If Sidwell was aware of the affair, he should have been fired on the spot.
I don’t blame Baraq and Moose for sending the kids to Sidwell.
I mean look how Amy Carter turned out in DC public schools....
Sidwell, iirc, took Al Gore’s son in when he was expelled from St Albans for drugs. At least that was the rumor of why he abruptly left.
Wow... The story is a little long, but well worth a full read.
Washington DC entered the age of the American Caligula long, long ago.
It probably depends what kind of counseling. IF it was “school counseling”, a school counselor is explicitly NOT professionally serving the child, they serve the school. I learned this when dealing with our own school system.
Now, I would hope that the psychiatric profession has an ethics rule that says you can’t counsel any member of a family if you have a relationship with another member of the family. But I don’t know if that is true either — the only thing I am specifically aware of is that they aren’t supposed to have a relationship with the person they are counseling.
or their mother, or their father, or their sister, or their brother....
Sexually explicit emails sent from the Sidwell account, exposed that Huntington-—Sidwell’s sex-ed teacher-— apparently entertained Sidwell students in his room after a Sidwell contest-—and had a sex-charged talk-—8th graders told him Sidwell P.E. teachers were hitting on them for sex.
Huntingtons ex-wife, a child and adolescent psychologist, warned that his steamy affair was harming their daughters.
Huntington then blabbed his ex-wifes concerns in an e-mail to his paramour: Is sex with her— and are her blowjobs-— really worth that much risk you are taking? I told her yes, Huntington emailed his inamorata.
During the course of the affair, the sex educator sent a number of sexually explicit e-mails to his paramour from his Sidwell account——sometimes in the middle of the Sidwell schoolday. His x-rated e-mails graphically recounted sex encounters, including oral sex and anal sex, role-playing, and manic rubbing and touching when [Huntington was] under the influence.
Huntington’s sex-crazed emails expressed his desire to be busy with [her] body, and when she called about that email but didnt reach him, he explained via email: Your call enabled me to kick out some 8th grade girls from my room. They were talking about male P.E. teachers that try to hit on them.
At the time of that e-mail-—and for much of the duration of the sreamy affair during the 2009-2010 school year—Huntington taught sex education to Sidwell sixth graders, during which time First Daughter Malia Obama was in the sixth grade.
Typically, the Sidwell sex ed class is mandatory for all sixth graders, according to former students.
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