Virginia: Fairfax Co. chairman calls for changes to notification process for arrested teachers

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    Fairfax Co. chairman calls for changes to notification process for arrested teachers

    The chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is urging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera to make immediate changes to current procedures to ensure that school systems are notified when an employee is arrested. In a letter to Youngkin and Guidera, Chairman Jeff McKay said state leadership should evaluate “how Virginia handles information sharing regarding the arrest and/or conviction of persons between jurisdictions, with the state, as well as across state lines.” The request comes weeks after school officials learned Glasgow Middle School counselor Darren Thornton, 50, remained employed for months, despite a November ...


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    Fairfax County chair calls for changes to notification process for arrested teachers

    The chair of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is urging Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera to make immediate changes to current procedures to ensure that school systems are notified when an employee is arrested. In a letter to Youngkin and Guidera, Chair Jeff McKay said state leadership should evaluate “how Virginia handles information sharing regarding the arrest and/or conviction of persons between jurisdictions, with the state, as well as across state lines.” The request comes weeks after school officials learned Glasgow Middle School counselor Darren Thornton, 50, remained employed for months, despite a November 2020 ...


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    VA bill aiming to improve system of notifying schools of employee arrests heads to Gov. Youngkin's desk


    Months after officials learned that a man convicted of child sex crimes was still working as a counselor for Fairfax County Public Schools, a bill aiming to keep that from happening again is headed to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's desk. In August 2022, officials fired Darren Thornton, 50, from his counselor position at Glasgow Middle School. Thornton had remained employed with the district, even though he had been arrested on child sex charges in Nov. 2020. Following his charges in 2020, the Chesterfield Police Department was required by law to notify the school district. But it appears the emails sent by ...


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