PSA - Sex abuse at Washington Hebrew

[Anonymous]

I’m curious how many kids won’t show up on Monday and how the day to day at the school will have to change if attendance is really limited?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m curious how many kids won’t show up on Monday and how the day to day at the school will have to change if attendance is really limited?

Tough decision. There a lot of staff who would surely never harm a child and shouldn’t be tarred with the same brush. How else do you hold a school or any other institution accountable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

We are one of the families affected by this nightmare, and this is our first post.

Without assigning blame for the horrible things that our child has endured (at this stage, we don't have emotions or energy to spare), the information you have may be useful to establish the extent of the harm caused to children by this "teacher". While we agree it would be inappropriate to share your story here, please consider sharing it with the detective leading this investigation, whose email was circulated by the school ([e-mail]).

I will take the opportunity to add a general comment for the community: The detectives assigned to the case, as well as the social workers at Safe Shores who are working with us, have been supportive, compassionate, and age-appropriate in their interactions with our family. They all seem like specialized professionals who are focused on seeking justice and helping our children heal. If you have any information that might be useful, please consider coming forward.

Thanks to all who have posted messages of support. It will take a lot of love to overcome this.

[Anonymous]

I am really sorry for the families going through this. Our child attended WHC last year. Should we assume that the affected families have been contacted and, therefore, families that have not been contacted ahould be fairly certain they were not affected?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am really sorry for the families going through this. Our child attended WHC last year. Should we assume that the affected families have been contacted and, therefore, families that have not been contacted ahould be fairly certain they were not affected?

I meant, families that could *potentially* have been affected (eg the alleged perpetrator was in constant contact with the potentailly affected children). Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

Yes, I must clearly be a pedophile priest to have some skepticism at the degree people blame DJ directly for what occurred when it is quite clear that many people have an axe to grind, maybe for valid reasons maybe not, on unrelated issues.

Before you tar and feather someone publically, you should at least be willing to lay out your case why you believe such criticism is warranted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

How does “everyone” know the suspect at this point?? I don’t. How did you find out and how can who it is?? More importantly, how do I know if my kids were ever in the presence of this teacher? They are too young to tell me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

How does “everyone” know the suspect at this point?? I don’t. How did you find out and how can who it is?? More importantly, how do I know if my kids were ever in the presence of this teacher? They are too young to tell me.

Same poster - meant to write how can “I find out” who it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

How does “everyone” know the suspect at this point?? I don’t. How did you find out and how can who it is?? More importantly, how do I know if my kids were ever in the presence of this teacher? They are too young to tell me.

Because of the disorderly way plus has been run, most have at least come into contact with the suspect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

Yes, I must clearly be a pedophile priest to have some skepticism at the degree people blame DJ directly for what occurred when it is quite clear that many people have an axe to grind, maybe for valid reasons maybe not, on unrelated issues.

Before you tar and feather someone publically, you should at least be willing to lay out your case why you believe such criticism is warranted.

Isn’t her first job the keep our children safe? Reasonable people can agree that there is a lot of room for improvement there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can say with absolute 100% certainty that DJ is to blame for this not being discovered sooner. An inappropriate incident occurred much earlier this year with my child AND SHE BLAMED MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN THE SCHOOL.

I am just appalled and heartbroken.

Was the same individual involved in your alleged incident as the incident(s) that have recently come to light? If yes, how do you know since the identity of the alleged offender hasn't been disclosed? If not, why do you ignoring your complaint prevented the perpetrator from being discovered sooner.

Everyone knows the suspect at this point. It isn’t appropriate to post it here. Now go back to your study, cardinal.

Yes, I must clearly be a pedophile priest to have some skepticism at the degree people blame DJ directly for what occurred when it is quite clear that many people have an axe to grind, maybe for valid reasons maybe not, on unrelated issues.

Before you tar and feather someone publically, you should at least be willing to lay out your case why you believe such criticism is warranted.

Isn’t her first job the keep our children safe? Reasonable people can agree that there is a lot of room for improvement there.

In ultimate outcomes, yes something appears to have gone wrong. And in the broadest sense of the buck stops at the top, she has that responsibility.

But many people have asserted that she has a more direct, concrete responsibility based on tangible things she failed to follow up on and a dismissive attitude. Maybe that is fair. But maybe it isn't based on what is known at this point, and certain people's dislike for her on unrelated issues seems to be coloring her views on whether there are specific things she personally could have reasonably done to avoid this happening.

Just saying never hire the guy doesn't really work unless there is some reason they should have known there might be a problem, or there was some failure to do the proper background review - and she either committed that failure or she oversaw a system that had systematic flaws a leader should have been aware of.

[Anonymous]

There were multiple red flags with the hire of this suspect. DJ has culpability here. Apparently the priest — oops, I mean rabbi, will protect DJ instead of the little ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There were multiple red flags with the hire of this suspect. DJ has culpability here. Apparently the priest — oops, I mean rabbi, will protect DJ instead of the little ones.

Can you elaborate?

[Anonymous]

This is my first post. I have followed this thread closely as I have one child who was at WH Summer 2016 through Summer 2018 and another slated to begin tomorrow. The information provided regarding the suspect tells me with absolute certainty who it is and, devastatingly, also tells me my child had substantial contact with this suspect over the course of 2 years. If your child was in PLUS your child almost certainly came into contact with the suspect. If not, and you still cannot deduce who it is, perhaps the extent of your child’s contact was a high-five in the hall.

For those who believe people who have posted in this thread have “an axe to grind” with DJ, I am sad to tell you that you are incorrect. DJ has truly interesting curricular ideas and the capacity to design an outstanding preschool program (which I do believe we have through the 9-12 program and teachers), however her lack of oversight and blind dedication to her vision of the school resulted in an environment where no one who spent more than 3 hours a day there is surprised that an unknown and ongoing course of behavior could have occurred during this time period.

I truly believe that on Monday, WH will be a safe place for all of our children. The teachers are by and large wonderful and the heightened oversight has resulted in the implementation of procedures that many PLUS parents have been requesting for years.

That being said, for those of us whose children may have been victimized within the walls of WH, sending a child back there is a hard pill to swallow.