Red flag on teacher missed by district The personnel file of a male teacher accused of touching and sexually harassing a city high school student in 2013 indicates a history of such behavior, one the district claims to have been ignorant of until recent attention to the teacher’s past. The teacher’s personnel records - obtained by The Advocate through a Freedom of Information Act -contains an April 2008 letter placing him on paid leave pending an “investigation of alleged sexual harassment” at the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering. “You will be notified by mail when a date has been set for the discipline meeting,” wrote Jan ... Continue reading... http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Red-flag-on-teacher-missed-by-district-6569242.php
In Stamford schools sex harassment case, district lost chance at discipline In 2013, district officials responded to the female student’s complaint — which Stamford police investigated and found credible enough to seek an arrest — by transferring the male teacher to the city’s other high schools, first Stamford and later ... Continue reading... http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/In-Stamford-schools-sex-harassment-case-district-6570026.php