Beauvoir Scandal?

[Anonymous]

"So was Paula suppose to tackle him or something, and sit on him until the authorities arrived?! "

The school should have contacted authorities immediately and coordinated their efforts with the authorities so that the police could have questioned him immediately. One of the PP is correct that the FBI should also have been contacted. Quite frankly, with the connections this school has, it should have been even easier for them to escalate this issue and get fast response. It is unbelievable that they chose to handle this in house.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I would hope that "evidence" is being examined, even in this teacher's apparent "absence."

I don't know exactly what happened when he was asked to leave and the sequence of events, but I KNOW that if you escort someone off school grounds, tell him why, let him go his own way, and don't arrange with the police to give them an opportunity to confront him -- well then there may be significantly less evidence left to examine. If the suspect is "absent", there is likely evidence that is "absent" too.

I don't watch CSI or any of those prosecutor shows on NBC, but that camera sure sounds like it's the smoking gun.

Not unless he is actually in a photo doing something to a child. And not if he had other evidence elsewhere -- then you don't know the full extent of his actions. As someone else said, it is hard to prove who took a photo. What you think is cut and dry and what is cut and dry in court are not always the same. That is why I hope they properly involved the authorities. And for what it is worth, I don't watch CSI "or any those other prosecutor shows on NBC," but I am a prosecutor.

Another prosecutor (and non-watcher of CSI/prosecutor shows) here. I absolutely agree with the PP. But another key to the investigation will be the degree of parent/child participation. Assuming that the authorities can identify any of the children depicted in the photos, and assuming that the familes are cooperative, and assuming the child/children can competently describe the circumstances under which the photos were taken, then you may very well have enough to support charges. Quite a few assumptions built in, I know.

So, where's Nancy Grace when you need her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you're not outraged at the school if he wasn't arrested? When you say "hurt other children", do you know he hurt some of the children? I would be incredibly angry if there is someone who they has evidence has hurt the children in some way and the school didn't have him arrested. Also, when was this camera found? That day? Or weeks before? Did the school just sit on some information for weeks before they did something? I am not trying to take away from the actual potential crime, but my God. What is wrong with this school?

I AM outraged. In fact, I'm shocked by the lack of outrage on this board. Basically, most posters related to Beauvoir are attacking anyone who shows any outrage. Even more disturbingly, there is a sarcasm that is really sad considering children are involved.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why you're not outraged at the school if he wasn't arrested? When you say "hurt other children", do you know he hurt some of the children? I would be incredibly angry if there is someone who they has evidence has hurt the children in some way and the school didn't have him arrested. Also, when was this camera found? That day? Or weeks before? Did the school just sit on some information for weeks before they did something? I am not trying to take away from the actual potential crime, but my God. What is wrong with this school?

I AM outraged. In fact, I'm shocked by the lack of outrage on this board. Basically, most posters related to Beauvoir are attacking anyone who shows any outrage. Even more disturbingly, there is a sarcasm that is really sad considering children are involved.

I am outraged on behalf of the victim(s) in the pictures.

I am outraged at what appears to be a bumbling and flat-footed response by the Beauvoir Trustees and the Administration.

I am outraged at the tenor and substance of quite a few of these posts, using this thread as a vehicle to further individual agendas.

I am outraged at those who insist that we all act, write, and express our outrage.

[Anonymous]

As someone who had been planning to apply to Beauvoir this fall for our child I can say that, having learned so much more about the school through this extremely sad situation, we will NOT be considering Beauvoir. This thread, and other recent ones, have provided new insight into a school I once considered at the top of our list.

[Anonymous]

Umm Beauvoir has security. Paula didn't have to tackle him but security could have held him until the plice arrived. or they could have waited and given the police half an hour to get there.

[Anonymous]

I am outraged that there is all this carrying on, and we still don't know what the problem is.

[Anonymous]

Well if the police had been given access to question him immediately, it may have all been resolved.

[Anonymous]

To the people who say that the teacher has "disappeared," could you elaborate, did he just pack a suitcase and head to the airport, is he not responding to emails and phone calls, does he not have any family or friends who knows where he is, is he a fugitive?

[Anonymous]

The police have been unable to find him for questioning. They do not know where he is.

[Anonymous]

What is so unfortunate, in addition to so much else about this story, is that this certain individual is now in a position where he may have the opportunity to perpetrate again. This is particularly so if there is no public awareness of the situation beyond the school and a few others. I agree that while Paula clearly did not need to "tackle" him, they do have security that could have held him (based on police orders) or they could have called the police and given them a head start prior to escorting him off the property.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well apparently the teacher has disappeared and Beauvoir is to blame for his "escape." The school was supposed to call the police and either let them escort the teacher off campus and to the police station for questioning, or have their security hold the teacher and wait for the police to take him away for questioning. Instead, Beauvoir (in perhaps an attempt to avoid media scrutiny?) had security escort him off campus and did not hold him for police, although they did call the police. The Washington police are not happy with Beauvoir and the teacher has vanished. How would you feel as parent with a child who had been in his class with him just out there... He has every student's address. I would be frightened. Have no charges been brought because they can not find him?

How many times have you seen a report about a "teacher from XXX public school was taken in by police for questioning related to an incident with a student." Fairly frequently I'd say. Beauvoir neatly avoided that by ignoring proper protocol.

Can you explain what you mean when you say the police are not happy with Beauvoir? Are you speculating or are you basing this on something concrete? How can someone just "vanish"?

[Anonymous]

I was told that the Beauvoir administration did not follow proper protocol for these types of situations and the police were not happy about it. They expected the suspect to be at the school so that they could start their investigation. I don't really know HOW someone disappears. I would guess he got in his car and drove away and has not been at his home and is not answering his phone. If he has disappeared than I guess no one knows, right?

[Anonymous]

I continue to be stunned that this situation has received no media attention. At this point, the lack of media attention itself is news.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what the pictures show? maybe some students took the camera and took "funny" pictures of eachother with it - ie: "mooning" the camera or something - - - just playing devil's advocate.......