Whitman Teacher and Crew Coach Arrested

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Anonymous wrote:How do I search for the case? What is the case number?

case link was posted earlier in thread, but in general to search DC cases, go to DC court website and put in person's name -- "shipley, Kirkland"

I used that link. I put in Shipley and Kirkland but also had to enter a company name.

Nevermind. Got it

What is the case number?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This stuff seriously terrifies me.

My daughter is only in MS, but is a serious sports nut. I realize these scenarios can happen with teachers, but I feel like there are fewer/more easily crossed boundaries with coaching and other extracurricular activities.

(Also, how can any parent be unaware of grooming in this day and age? Blown away by PPs who seem surprised by this.)

They groom the parents, too. They know who really wants to get their kid a scholarship, so they play up how talented the kid is, offer special help. They know who is overwhelmed with work or family responsibilities, and they offer rides to practice or tournaments/meets/games. They build up trust in small ways over a period of moths or years, and break down the usual parental radar a little at a time.

You’d never let your daughter ride with an adult male you’d just met, of course. But it’s different when you’ve known him for years, he’s been so helpful getting her into special programs and camps, you’ve never seen anything from him to cause concern, and anyway Larla from the team will be riding with him, too. It’s not until later you find out Larla mysteriously “cancelled.”

Predators play the long game. Manipulating people is part of the thrill for them.

+1000 Predators groom parents. As parents of the Wootton football team discovered last year, a predator can also be of the same gender.

Parents need training to spot and report warning signs. All criminal activities should be reported to the police first but warning signs of predatory behavior occur before the criminal offense. That’s the opportunity to step in and protect a child before he/she is sexually abused.

* private texting should be reported

* any offers of special gifts or favors should be reported

* parents should transport their kids, students drive, or a bus is used to transport athletes. Students should never be in the personal vehicle of a coach.

* report anything outside the employee code of conduct

Predators migrate to MCPS because they can survive for decades in the system before an arrest is made. Many sketchy bad apples that MCPS knows about are still in the system. They got caught with doing the things above. Instead of being fired, MCPS just told them to stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. I know him from when my dd rowed for TBC. I would have never guessed. He went to Penn + lives in his house in Georgetown. He must come from money. Hard to own a home in Georgetown on a coach/teacher's salary.

I am trying to reach dd on west coast to get more info.

I’m so sorry. My Blair crew DD rowed last in 2011 and didn’t recall him, but said the sport attracts “touchy coaches AND DADS” (her text) 😫

PLEASE READ PP:
I may be paranoid, as a (different than above) survivor of CSA by my father myself, but please ask her what she meant about this.

[Anonymous]

I graduated from a prominent school's crew team in the mid-90s and the coach did exactly this himself:

The arrest affidavit alleges that Shipley flirted with the teenager and started a sexual relationship with her in 2018, after she had turned 18 but before she had graduated.

He was later accused of sexually abusing a student when he was a gym teacher but the girl recanted, and he was shown in national-level media as someone who had been wrongfully accused. I wonder about that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS continues to hire predators. Think it is time to start a program of continuous monitoring - not just one background check. Certain MCEA would fight it - but again they put their ‘members’ ahead of students nearly every day. (Eg COVID response). Why do we allow unions to dominate our kids again?

Unfortunately, this has been true for years. My job puts me in contact with people from the MoCo Police Department and they have known that MCPS has system wide issues with sexual predators.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it even legit for teachers to text students? It should be officially prohibited. Every communication strictly through the school email.

+1.

Happens all the time. DS in HS has a female coach and receives texts.

Individual texts or texts to the entire team?

+1 even the Boy Scouts of America now has a "no one-on-one contact rule." Either a second adult or a second student must always be included. How can school systems not have this?

MCPS policy explicitly prohibits 1:1 electronic communications with students.

[Anonymous]

Link to DC court case serach: https://eaccess.dccourts.gov/eaccess/search.page.3.1?x=jScGx6gir1Ig6BIy9A7jwg

Case number: 2021 CF1 004795

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS continues to hire predators. Think it is time to start a program of continuous monitoring - not just one background check. Certain MCEA would fight it - but again they put their ‘members’ ahead of students nearly every day. (Eg COVID response). Why do we allow unions to dominate our kids again?

Unfortunately, this has been true for years. My job puts me in contact with people from the MoCo Police Department and they have known that MCPS has system wide issues with sexual predators.

MCPS continues to hire predators that pass background checks. MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks.

What would "continuous monitoring" look like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS continues to hire predators. Think it is time to start a program of continuous monitoring - not just one background check. Certain MCEA would fight it - but again they put their ‘members’ ahead of students nearly every day. (Eg COVID response). Why do we allow unions to dominate our kids again?

Unfortunately, this has been true for years. My job puts me in contact with people from the MoCo Police Department and they have known that MCPS has system wide issues with sexual predators.

MCPS continues to hire predators that pass background checks. MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks.

What would "continuous monitoring" look like?

Random on the spot phone checks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS continues to hire predators. Think it is time to start a program of continuous monitoring - not just one background check. Certain MCEA would fight it - but again they put their ‘members’ ahead of students nearly every day. (Eg COVID response). Why do we allow unions to dominate our kids again?

Unfortunately, this has been true for years. My job puts me in contact with people from the MoCo Police Department and they have known that MCPS has system wide issues with sexual predators.

MCPS continues to hire predators that pass background checks. MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks.

What would "continuous monitoring" look like?

Random on the spot phone checks.

I think access to all devises and email would need to cover it. Phones only tell so much. But then there's privacy issues.

[Anonymous]

Everyone should read the charging documents. It's a tough read, but it amply corroborates the patient (and disgustingly manipulative) grooming of a clearly sexually inexperienced, trusting high school senior.

[Anonymous]

"MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks."

What are you taking about? How about following up on reports from students? How about reporting inappropriate behavior between students? Other school staff must have had suspicions. I do not believe that nobody knew, its more that nobody did anything.

I hope you mean psychologists assessing teachers. Your sarcastic comment is not helpful. We are talking about child sexual predators; you should take it seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should read the charging documents. It's a tough read, but it amply corroborates the patient (and disgustingly manipulative) grooming of a clearly sexually inexperienced, trusting high school senior.

It is clear that all he wanted was sex with minors, so disgusting. I bet his computer has incriminating evidence. After reading the documents it makes me sick to my stomach to think he was a teacher for 20 years. I do see him as a pedophile. And the school was complicit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS continues to hire predators. Think it is time to start a program of continuous monitoring - not just one background check. Certain MCEA would fight it - but again they put their ‘members’ ahead of students nearly every day. (Eg COVID response). Why do we allow unions to dominate our kids again?

Unfortunately, this has been true for years. My job puts me in contact with people from the MoCo Police Department and they have known that MCPS has system wide issues with sexual predators.

MCPS continues to hire predators that pass background checks. MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks.

What would "continuous monitoring" look like?

Random on the spot phone checks.

I think access to all devises and email would need to cover it. Phones only tell so much. But then there's privacy issues.

All school related electronic communications are subject to public record requests regardless of the device or account.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"MCPS hasn't yet begun hiring psychics to do background checks."

What are you taking about? How about following up on reports from students? How about reporting inappropriate behavior between students? Other school staff must have had suspicions. I do not believe that nobody knew, its more that nobody did anything.

I hope you mean psychologists assessing teachers. Your sarcastic comment is not helpful. We are talking about child sexual predators; you should take it seriously.

All MCPS staff already have a legal duty to report suspicions of sexual abuse.