Amid investigation of 2 Plum teachers on sex charges, others advised by union to get lawyers Teachers in Plum may be getting mixed messages from union officials about talking with investigators about teachers accused of having sex with high school students. In separate emails, officials with the Plum Borough Education Association and the Pennsylvania State Education Association advised teachers to consult lawyers for interviews with investigators from the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office. Detectives expect “that several dozen people will be interviewed,” said Mike Manko, spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. The interviews will include people who are not Plum teachers. State union officials told teachers to cooperate and to contact a criminal defense ... Continue reading... http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/8178908-74/teachers-plum-attorney
Teachers are 'lawyering-up' amid widening probe of Pa. district rocked by teacher-student sex scandals With two high school teachers already charged in student sex cases, the investigation is continuing in the Plum, Pa., school district. And now nervous teachers are being advised by union officials to lawyer up if they feel at all uncomfortable at being ... Continue reading... http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/04/teachers_are_lawyering-up_amid.html