WWYD? Found something questionable about teacher during casual Google search...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Google everybody that comes into contact with my kids.

Don't tell the school. School are notorious for covering stuff up.

Call CPS, do it anonymously.

CPS isn't going to do anything about a teacher. They investigate family situations and they aren't going to give a rat's ass about some post on some crappy gossip website. Maybe if you called them because your child complained about inappropriate touching. Or even if your child mentioned a classmate had a complaint, but a random post online? NO.

[Anonymous]

OP, did YOU post the comment about the teacher being a pedophile? It's starting to feel that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Google everybody that comes into contact with my kids.

Don't tell the school. School are notorious for covering stuff up.

Call CPS, do it anonymously.

CPS is going to need an actual person with an actual complaint. I don't think google fills that role.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a free moment earlier and Googled my child's teachers out of curiosity today. For one, the first image links to a website alleging the teacher is a pedophile. The website itself is questionable, but the photos of the teacher are accurate. I feel sick to my stomach and wonder how a background check could have missed something that anyone with the person's name can see online.

Would you bring it to the attention of the administration, even if the source of the information is questionable?

Lol! Your definition of casual is not the same as mine. You were straight up digging for information. Just own it. Do you really think the teachers at your snowflakes school haven't been thouroughly vetted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I Google everybody that comes into contact with my kids.

Don't tell the school. School are notorious for covering stuff up.

Call CPS, do it anonymously.

FFS. That isn't how cps works. OP, ignore this moron

[Anonymous]

I'm in shock that OP thinks the schools use google to do background checks. In reality, they go through the FBI. Is that thorough enough for you?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To me intentionally entering the name of someone I don't know for the purpose of researching them is not considered "casual", but maybe I'm weird?

OP here. I may not know the teacher personally, but my child is under this person's care for several hours each day. Consider it whatever you want, but I Googled the teachers out of curiosity to see what their credentials were. I'm sure my prospective employers or people I've met have looked me up to find out more information. I don't think it's out of line.

I think it's totally appropriate. We chose a different preschool based on a google search. I did it because I got a very weird feeling about the teacher and I found things I was uncomfortable with. I agree with you - your child is in the care of this person potentially for a lot of time. People look up information about nannies and nobody criticizes that. Schools miss things. Happens all the time.

+1

To those of you criticizing OP, how would you react if you saw something damning about the person who changes their diaper and spends most of the day of them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me intentionally entering the name of someone I don't know for the purpose of researching them is not considered "casual", but maybe I'm weird?

OP here. I may not know the teacher personally, but my child is under this person's care for several hours each day. Consider it whatever you want, but I Googled the teachers out of curiosity to see what their credentials were. I'm sure my prospective employers or people I've met have looked me up to find out more information. I don't think it's out of line.

I think it's totally appropriate. We chose a different preschool based on a google search. I did it because I got a very weird feeling about the teacher and I found things I was uncomfortable with. I agree with you - your child is in the care of this person potentially for a lot of time. People look up information about nannies and nobody criticizes that. Schools miss things. Happens all the time.

+1

To those of you criticizing OP, how would you react if you saw something damning about the person who changes their diaper and spends most of the day of them?

Their/them = your children. Or, your "snowflakes" as an enlightened PP said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would tell the school immediately. Better safe than sorry. I would also bring it to other parents' attention. If indeed it is not the man, the proper authorities can easily determine that.

So destroy a person's life based on google search and the call whoopsie if you are wrong? Lemme guess, you also think men should be kicked out of college simply based on a sexual assault accusations, not actual evidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell the school immediately. Better safe than sorry. I would also bring it to other parents' attention. If indeed it is not the man, the proper authorities can easily determine that.

So destroy a person's life based on google search and the call whoopsie if you are wrong? Lemme guess, you also think men should be kicked out of college simply based on a sexual assault accusations, not actual evidence.

This is not a thread about Betsy DeVos and college rape.

This is about some person anonymously spreading trash about this teacher on a local forum. There is no actual accuser here who can be contacted by authorities. It could have been posted by someone who has never even met this teacher. I've met more than one person who thinks that every male teacher is a pedophile because why else would they want to be around children. If there was a real accusation, the man would not be in a classroom. Period.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would tell the school immediately. Better safe than sorry. I would also bring it to other parents' attention. If indeed it is not the man, the proper authorities can easily determine that.

So destroy a person's life based on google search and the call whoopsie if you are wrong? Lemme guess, you also think men should be kicked out of college simply based on a sexual assault accusations, not actual evidence.

This is not a thread about Betsy DeVos and college rape.

This is about some person anonymously spreading trash about this teacher on a local forum. There is no actual accuser here who can be contacted by authorities. It could have been posted by someone who has never even met this teacher. I've met more than one person who thinks that every male teacher is a pedophile because why else would they want to be around children. If there was a real accusation, the man would not be in a classroom. Period.

We are in agreement pp. I think it is horrendous the top pp is so cavalier about possibly destroying a person's life simply based on a google search.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me intentionally entering the name of someone I don't know for the purpose of researching them is not considered "casual", but maybe I'm weird?

How would you not know your child's teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is actually illegal for an employer to rely on a google search when hiring an employee. I'm sure some do it anyway, but the internet is notoriously inaccurate and it's more than easy to make a mistake about someone's name and identity.

The school correctly uses a formal criminal background check to screen its employees. They also call references. You know, people who actually know and have worked with the person. That way there's no mistake.

Someone could post on that gossip site tonight that you have done something really bad along with pictures of your face to prove that you have done that really bad thing. Is it true? No, but gullible people like you would believe it because it's on the internet with a picture of your face.

What on earth is your basis for saying this? In most states, employers can consider almost any information, and can make a decision based on any criteria that is not discriminatory or retaliatory (based upon a protected class such as race, religion, prior invocation of rights under a statute, etc.). Some states prohibit employers from making decisions based upon prior criminal arrest or conviction, unless the conviction is related to the job requirements. But that's not what this is, and not what OP is asking. She's just asking whether she should bring it to the employer's attention so that they can do an investigation. If the teacher doesn't already know about this site, he or she should so he or she can take appropriate action to clear his or her name. If the teacher already knows about it, it's likely the school already does, and they've already decided that it's groundless.

I've google searched every single nanny that I've ever hired. One applicant I did not hire because I found her posting on sites for "swingers."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm in shock that OP thinks the schools use google to do background checks. In reality, they go through the FBI. Is that thorough enough for you?

They don't actually go through the FBI, or even do an extensive background check. They run fingerprints, that's about it.

[Anonymous]

I would not give any consideration to something found on a gossip site.

This is what happens when you "casually google" and then believe unreliable sites.