Former Langley HS teacher had sex w/ student during European trip

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

No teachers are permitted to tutor their own students. I am an FCPS teacher and have tutored students from my school whom I do not teach. All have resulted from parents emailing me asking if I can provide this service. This "enterprise" you speak of is largely demand-driven.

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My son was having trouble with Algebra and was tutored by another algebra teacher at the school (Cooper) - not his own teacher. She tutored him in her classroom after school. I'm not sure I see the problem with that. It was convenient for both of them to stay after school rather than meeting somewhere else at another time. What's the issue again? Oh, right. There is no issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

No teachers are permitted to tutor their own students. I am an FCPS teacher and have tutored students from my school whom I do not teach. All have resulted from parents emailing me asking if I can provide this service. This "enterprise" you speak of is largely demand-driven.

What percentage of kids are struggling? The ones who can't afford you fall behind?

The hell with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

No teachers are permitted to tutor their own students. I am an FCPS teacher and have tutored students from my school whom I do not teach. All have resulted from parents emailing me asking if I can provide this service. This "enterprise" you speak of is largely demand-driven.

Do we need better classroom teaching? Don't your better students help the others?

[Anonymous]

The expectation is not student struggles so student gets tutor. The expectation is that teacher works with student outside of the class time - study hall, lunch, after school - to help as much as s/he can. Kids can also seek help from peer tutoring or homework club, if it is available. (Sidebar: using "strong students" as "class helpers" during instructional time is a frowned-upon practice in gifted ed, as teaching others is not the same as extending or accelerating learning for the kids who are ready for more advanced work. Yes, this might have been done when we were in school, but plenty of research suggests this should not be done.) There are many opportunities for students to receive extra help from their own teachers. Those who want to supplement with outside tutoring are making this choice for their children, but it is not because there are no other options.

[Anonymous]

Also, a handful of students needing extra help does not mean better classroom teaching is needed. Students learn in different ways and at different paces. What works for many students might not work for another. Teachers differentiate lessons to meet the needs of as many students as possible, but some will still struggle for many different reasons.

Now, if entire classes (minus those students who will just "get it" regardless of instructional strategies, as those learners exist, too) were needing remediation, then something would need to improve with the teacher's instruction. Sometimes for some skills/lessons this happens, and teachers reteach. It would be very unusual for this to be ongoing, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

It's relevant in that so many teachers are working financial angles on their jobs (coaching, tutoring, etc) that no one looked twice at the guy taking kids unaccompanied out of the country. In fact, the administration pretty much acknowlegdes that this type of thing was ok - they only pointed out that the trip was not FCPS endorsed, not that it was wrong to do it in the first place. So many organizations now have the 'never alone' rule (Boy Scouts, etc) - FCPS' rule was never on our paperwork.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

It's relevant in that so many teachers are working financial angles on their jobs (coaching, tutoring, etc) that no one looked twice at the guy taking kids unaccompanied out of the country. In fact, the administration pretty much acknowlegdes that this type of thing was ok - they only pointed out that the trip was not FCPS endorsed, not that it was wrong to do it in the first place. So many organizations now have the 'never alone' rule (Boy Scouts, etc) - FCPS' rule was never on our paperwork.

Wow, even our congregation has a two deep rule.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

It's relevant in that so many teachers are working financial angles on their jobs (coaching, tutoring, etc) that no one looked twice at the guy taking kids unaccompanied out of the country. In fact, the administration pretty much acknowlegdes that this type of thing was ok - they only pointed out that the trip was not FCPS endorsed, not that it was wrong to do it in the first place. So many organizations now have the 'never alone' rule (Boy Scouts, etc) - FCPS' rule was never on our paperwork.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

It's relevant in that so many teachers are working financial angles on their jobs (coaching, tutoring, etc) that no one looked twice at the guy taking kids unaccompanied out of the country. In fact, the administration pretty much acknowlegdes that this type of thing was ok - they only pointed out that the trip was not FCPS endorsed, not that it was wrong to do it in the first place. So many organizations now have the 'never alone' rule (Boy Scouts, etc) - FCPS' rule was never on our paperwork.

On "your" paperwork? What does this mean? Are you one of the families whose child went overseas with this man?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My goodness, your obsession with this knows no bounds. Up at 3:45 am to write that post, essentially repeating everything you've already said (over and over again)?

Let's get real here. Your concern isn't with the "brave families" who have come forward - much less their kids. You've made it abundantly clear in probably hundreds of posts across DCUM, of your complete and utter loathing for Langley HS, its teachers, administration, families, and students. You're clapping your hands with delight at the idea of bringing Langley down, and this story is exactly what you were hoping for.

I know all of us hope justice is served, but you are taking it to an entirely different level. You want payback for all of the wrongs you feel Langley has done to YOU, personally. Why don't you just admit it?

Because I didn't write the post?

B.S.

Hello, I'm that poster. There's a good number of us here who care and have no fear. Perhaps one day, you will to.

Thank you. Perhaps now, that PP understands there are others who will not put up with this. I cannot say enough good things about the elementary school, and Cooper. Langley, unfortunately, was a product of the administration, and the school board backed them. The power-hungry school board is well-known to other state agencies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank goodness for the brave families who have come forward to the authorities and to the NBC investigative reporters. Without their moral compass, the predator German teacher would probably still be sexually abusing the kids and scamming their parents.

Langley High School in McLean, VA has failed its students and its community by failing to report a criminal operating within its walls. He was allowed to conduct his 'side' business operation on school property with full knowledge and promotion by Langley High School officials.

Such enterprises must be stopped by con artist FCPS employees. Trips, sure, but all money must go directly to FCPS, and FCPS can pay the school employee for any extra time.

The widespread shakedown of wealthy families must be stopped. It's recently come to light that enterprising teachers are marketing their tutoring services, at a price, to students who need better grades. This is being done on school property.

It'd be mighty interesting if anyone knows what percentage of a teacher's students are paying the teacher for additional individual instruction from the teacher. Seems obvious that less wealthy students are at a significant disadvantage if they can't afford to keep up with the richer students (via private tutoring with the class teacher.)

Perhaps this shakedown practice needs a closer look.

What in the hell does this post have to do with one teacher allegedly sexually abusing students on an overseas trip? You're blabbing on about teachers tutoring students - which occurs at ALL schools, by the way - and trying to make Langley the scapegoat for everything you feel is somehow wrong with FCPS. It seems you have a laundry list of grievances, none of which are even remotely related to the subject of this thread. Start a new thread if you must, but please: stick to the topic.

It's relevant in that so many teachers are working financial angles on their jobs (coaching, tutoring, etc) that no one looked twice at the guy taking kids unaccompanied out of the country. In fact, the administration pretty much acknowlegdes that this type of thing was ok - they only pointed out that the trip was not FCPS endorsed, not that it was wrong to do it in the first place. So many organizations now have the 'never alone' rule (Boy Scouts, etc) - FCPS' rule was never on our paperwork.

On "your" paperwork? What does this mean? Are you one of the families whose child went overseas with this man?

I think the PP meant that so long as an activity wasn't FCPS endorsed with permission slips and such, they didn't really care what was being done. They want deniability, which they had.