it's for the chilrens...
Posted on 10/28/2013 7:15:56 AM PDT by cutty
CASTLE ROCK – A candidate for Douglas County School Board is under fire for protecting a union teacher convicted of assaulting a student after the same teacher assaulted another student four years later
When Bill Hodges was the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for Douglas County Schools in 2002, teacher Todd Bennethum at Mountain Vista High School was arrested for child abuse and eventually convicted of assault after he struck a student softball player.
Four years later, after being transferred to a different school, Bennethum struck a student in his class at ThunderRidge High School and was again charged with child abuse.
When Hodges was questioned by 7News as to why the teacher wasn’t fired after the first assault conviction, he said “at the time we felt the severity of the situation didn’t justify a termination.”
The mother of the second student was reportedly frustrated by Hodges’ decision, asking 7News that if the school had a zero tolerance policy for violence from students, then why didn’t teachers have to abide by the same standards?
(Excerpt) Read more at thecoloradoobserver.com ...
Public teacher union scum alert
You know what’s amazing? The ire the left visits on the Catholic church, which has been pilloried by the left for pedophile homosexual priests, vs the teacher’s unions.
The difference is, the left is in control of the teacher’s union, so the MSM and the left will be pretty much mum on this, in comparison.
it's for the chilrens...
The issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution.
and money for the lefties
My own curiosity requires me to ask what the circumstances were of the assaults. Was the teacher being an overbearing asshole, or was the student?
Not to excuse certain actions if they were uncalled for.
Very astute!
I wonder how the teachers that support the pedophiles would respond?
Perhaps the students should unionize.
Perhaps the students should unionize.
Bennethum asked the judge to seal his past documents. The request was granted, which means no one will be able to find documents that show his first assault.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/teacher-charged-with-child-abuse-had-assault-conviction
They’re being treated as second class citizens.
When I was in grade school back in the 1950s they frequently smacked you if you got out of line.
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