Langley Instructional Assistant Arrested for Masturbating During School Hours in Classroom

[Anonymous]

What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

This is what happens when parents get confused and think they control what happens in schools and seek to micromanage curricular and individual classrooms. The good teachers had enough and quit. So, we brought it on ourselves in recent years. We get what we deserve, and we deserved this.

Yeah, no. That’s not the problem, dingbat.

Actually that's exactly what has happened and is happening. Nearly half of the teachers at my school are planning to quit or retire next year. It's not even the behavior or lack of support anymore. It's the micromanagement. The brilliant out of the box teachers are gone if not ground to dust. The teachers with unique styles or approaches or passions that could enliven their classrooms and make a year memorable are gone or are actively being harassed and degraded and told they need to be robot automatons doing exactly what the teacher next door is doing at exactly the same time. It's asinine. All the joy has been sucked out of teaching and all that remains is allegiance to "fidelity"...meaning everyone in lockstep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

This is what happens when parents get confused and think they control what happens in schools and seek to micromanage curricular and individual classrooms. The good teachers had enough and quit. So, we brought it on ourselves in recent years. We get what we deserve, and we deserved this.

Yeah, no. That’s not the problem, dingbat.

Actually that's exactly what has happened and is happening. Nearly half of the teachers at my school are planning to quit or retire next year. It's not even the behavior or lack of support anymore. It's the micromanagement. The brilliant out of the box teachers are gone if not ground to dust. The teachers with unique styles or approaches or passions that could enliven their classrooms and make a year memorable are gone or are actively being harassed and degraded and told they need to be robot automatons doing exactly what the teacher next door is doing at exactly the same time. It's asinine. All the joy has been sucked out of teaching and all that remains is allegiance to "fidelity"...meaning everyone in lockstep.

I left an itinerant support role in FCPS and observed that all schools (ES/MS/FCPS) are run like (like I imagine) a prison or jail - constant walkie talkie traffic, alarms (front door) announcements and general depersonalization. Students treated like automatons. It’s weird and dystopian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

This is what happens when parents get confused and think they control what happens in schools and seek to micromanage curricular and individual classrooms. The good teachers had enough and quit. So, we brought it on ourselves in recent years. We get what we deserve, and we deserved this.

Yeah, no. That’s not the problem, dingbat.

Actually that's exactly what has happened and is happening. Nearly half of the teachers at my school are planning to quit or retire next year. It's not even the behavior or lack of support anymore. It's the micromanagement. The brilliant out of the box teachers are gone if not ground to dust. The teachers with unique styles or approaches or passions that could enliven their classrooms and make a year memorable are gone or are actively being harassed and degraded and told they need to be robot automatons doing exactly what the teacher next door is doing at exactly the same time. It's asinine. All the joy has been sucked out of teaching and all that remains is allegiance to "fidelity"...meaning everyone in lockstep.

I left in 2022 and from everything I hear from previous co-workers it seems worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

Re: Dec 9 do we know anything more?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Goodness, we're really scraping the bottom of the barrel in education, aren't we?

This is what happens when parents get confused and think they control what happens in schools and seek to micromanage curricular and individual classrooms. The good teachers had enough and quit. So, we brought it on ourselves in recent years. We get what we deserve, and we deserved this.

Yeah, no. That’s not the problem, dingbat.

Actually that's exactly what has happened and is happening. Nearly half of the teachers at my school are planning to quit or retire next year. It's not even the behavior or lack of support anymore. It's the micromanagement. The brilliant out of the box teachers are gone if not ground to dust. The teachers with unique styles or approaches or passions that could enliven their classrooms and make a year memorable are gone or are actively being harassed and degraded and told they need to be robot automatons doing exactly what the teacher next door is doing at exactly the same time. It's asinine. All the joy has been sucked out of teaching and all that remains is allegiance to "fidelity"...meaning everyone in lockstep.

That’s so depressing. Nobody remembers their favorite teacher - the one who had a dramatic impact on the course of their life - as the one who conformed the best…

You remember the one who had unique approach or passion for their subject. Who cares whether everyone got question #27 of SOL correct? Should care about fostering those who are trying to make a meaningful difference in a students life. That’s what matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

Re: Dec 9 do we know anything more?

01/10/2025 10:00 AM ADJUDICATORY 3C It seems like it got moved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

Re: Dec 9 do we know anything more?

01/10/2025 10:00 AM ADJUDICATORY 3C It seems like it got moved.

It's not like they are going to let him return to Langley even if he gets favorable treatment in court, are they?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

Re: Dec 9 do we know anything more?

01/10/2025 10:00 AM ADJUDICATORY 3C It seems like it got moved.

It's not like they are going to let him return to Langley even if he gets favorable treatment in court, are they?

The other charge is still pending becuase they are not sure if they need to transfer it to JDC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's the next step? Where can you get this information? Full disclosure he was in my HS class and we were all shocked to hear about this from him, totally out of left field

We will know more on December 9th.

Re: Dec 9 do we know anything more?

01/10/2025 10:00 AM ADJUDICATORY 3C It seems like it got moved.

It's not like they are going to let him return to Langley even if he gets favorable treatment in court, are they?

Probably not. If you want to jerk it at work and get away with it, you need to work for CNN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Toobin#Zoom_masturbation_incident

[Anonymous]

I heard through the grapevine he was found not guilty - where can I find updates on this case? I hit a wall

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard through the grapevine he was found not guilty - where can I find updates on this case? I hit a wall

Glad to hear he was cleared criminally, but it is still a stain on his reputation. The school will have a dicey decision whether to bring him back.

[Anonymous]

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Probably not. If you want to jerk it at work and get away with it, you need to work for CNN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Toobin#Zoom_masturbation_incident

don't you just use the teacher bathroom and lock the door?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard through the grapevine he was found not guilty - where can I find updates on this case? I hit a wall

call 703) 246-3764