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Posted on 01/08/2008 5:49:44 PM PST by Stoat
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Antonio Izquierdo, 38, of 40 LaMancha Drive, in Palm Coast, was charged with two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Izquierdo teaches math and fashion merchandising classes at Flagler Palm Coast High School, where he has been employed for 1½ years. The alleged victim is a student at Flagler Palm Coast High School, officials told Local 6 News.
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The Flagler County Sheriff's Office said it launched an investigation after the alleged victim came forward during the holiday school break to report Izquierdo's alleged behavior. Flagler County school classes resumed Monday, but Izquierdo was out sick, according to a sheriff's report. Flagler County School Superintendent Bill Delbrugge said Izquierdo has been suspended, pending the outcome of the investigation.
"This is an unfortunate occurrence. However, our community should know that this school district conducts an extensive background investigation on every faculty member before anyone is placed into a classroom. In this instance, there were no indications of any problems with this teacher," Delbrugge said. The investigation is ongoing.
"We are asking anyone who feels they may have been victimized by inappropriate actions by Izquierdo to please come forward by contacting our Criminal Investigations Division. This man was placed in a position of trust and he violated that trust," Flagler County Sheriff Donald W. Fleming said.
Upon reflection, I see the ugly truth of what you say. I had been focused upon the public "schools'" aggressive and enthusiastic hiring of homosexuals and considered that to be the greatest threat, but after considering your words I'm thinking that it's possible that the opposite may in fact be the greater potential for trouble.
Although homosexuals and other perverts have had the Official welcome mat rolled out for them at public schools, parents are educated and extremely wary of this. Such a stealth pervert will likely be under a far greater shadow of parental distrust .in the public school setting, whereas private and charter school parents may be more likely to be laboring under the false impression that teachers at their schools have been more aggressively vetted and are 'safe'. A stealth pervert who gets into such an environment will likely have more opportunities to get 'closer' to victims, as the parental guards may be more relaxed or perhaps even absent.
Thanks for your post, distressing as it is.
It seems that the only way to insure the safety of children is via a 100% homeschool education.
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Bingo!
Government schools are now, always were, and always will be an offensive against freedom of conscience.
You are right on the mark.
You must understand... the jasoncann naughtteacher ping list is a lot about sarcasm... I think the orgins of the "guilty" / "not guilty" verdicts stem from the Debra LaFave story... One of the biggest issues most people have on freerepublic, is they can't tell when someone turns on or off the sarcasm button...
Hey metmom... I totally agree, except when the hypocrite is trying to be funny... The teacher posts (especially the female teachers) tend bring out the incredulous poster and the satirical poster... Sometimes, the line between the two is not easily discernible...
Metmom... add me to your ping list... thanks...
Does anybody know how that last name is pronounced?
You can try watching the video at the Local 6 site; it may help.
I say "may" because the hair-in-a-can newsreader says it rather fast and you may need to hear it a couple of times, as I did.
Unfortunately the posted direct link to the video doesn't work through the Free Republic system and so you have to click on the Local 6 page link and then start the player from there..
Here it is again:
Teacher Accused Of Sex With Teen - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando
I'm not defending it, but it is an interesting pattern to watch.
I heard this on the news here last night. He was suspended WITH PAY!
iz -keEEr -doh
Of course, it looks like “Is -queer -doh” ... I bet that’s what the kids are calling him now ... if they weren’t already.
I heard this on the news here last night. He was suspended WITH PAY!
Yes, that's mentioned on the Local 6 video here as well.
I think that this is pretty much standard practice....they have to do it with pay because he's not convicted, only arrested.
Hopefully he will be convicted and sent to prison very soon for a very, very long time.
I hear that "prison culture" doesn't exactly take kindly to rapists in general and child rapists in particular. Homosexual child rapists may be even more hated; I don't know about that.
Perhaps he won't survive the prison experience and won't have an opportunity to spend his salary? We can only hope.
According to FlaglerFl.Mom at post #33 here, it appears that's happening
Hey, I love satire myself but this sort of situation is just not appropriate subject material for it. A teacher engaging in an immoral, sexual relationship with a student, no matter what the mix, reprehensible. It’s morally wrong either way and I just don’t see that it’s any joking matter.
<< well...if they would just allow teachers to get married, this kind of thing wouldnt happen. /s >>
Point!
Well, I would not attempt satire here, the yuk factor is way too high. This looks like a throw-away-the-key case to me.
I couldn't agree more... Now how do we fix the problem that exists in public education??? We must continue to expose the trash teachers, et al... (sorry about the pun...)
He’s CUTE!NOT GUILTY!
Being sarcastic,of course but thats not too much sillier than a lot of those guilty/not guilty delarations when these events are heterosexual molestations.
I have 3 kids in the public schools in the next county to the north and find the whole thing sick, no doubt many in the media will not report the story or leave some of the story out i.e. he a raving homosexual kiddy fidler.
No wonder I’ve told my kids since they started schoolnever let any male teachers touch you and beware of any men acting like a woman.
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