Local coach & tutor arrest

[Anonymous]

http://www.gazette.net/article/20131211/NEWS/131219665/1007/news&source=RSS&template=gazette

Key excerpts from article

A bail hearing for a local tutor and private coach accused of sexually abusing one of his students was postponed Wednesday. Police announced Tuesday that they had arrested Daniel Sirotkin, 30, ... and charged him with sexually abusing a minor. ... According to charging documents made public Wednesday, Sirotkin sexually abused a girl he was teaching “multiple times” from 2011 to 2013, when the girl was 14 and 15 years old. ...

He declined to go into the specifics of the case, but said Sirotkin was a “really smart guy” who wrestled for Harvard University and was a substitute teacher at a number of area schools. Sirotkin graduated from Harvard in 2005. An injury sidelined him from wrestling during his sophomore year, according to a 2003 article in the Harvard Crimson. Sirotkin — an honorable mention on the 2001 All-Gazette Wrestling team at Quince Orchard High School — was a substitute teacher at local schools and a coach with private teams in Montgomery County. Earlier this year, he coached a prospective Olympic wrestler at Our Lady of Good Counsel. ...

According to Sirotkin’s LinkedIn page, he coached football, wrestling, and lacrosse at Quince Orchard, Landon, and Good Counsel high schools, before working with the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network. Sirotkin coached for two years with the Viking Mat Club, an independent wrestling club that practices in area schools, such as the Landon School or Walt Whitman High School, according to Michael Lerner, the club’s director. Lerner said Sirotkin coached there until 2011. ...

Deborah Higdon, principal at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg, informed parents of the news in an email Wednesday afternoon. Sirotkin worked as a substitute teacher at Lakelands two years ago, she said.

[Anonymous]

More:

ABC7 has confirmed Sirotkin was a substitute teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools from Feb. 2007 until Nov. 2012. A school district spokeswoman confirmed he worked at 20 buildings during his tenure. Those schools included Albert Einstein High School, Clarksburg High School, Goshen Elementary School, Thomas Wootton High School and Walter Johnson High School.
Chris Bonilla, 19, says Sirotkin was his substitute teacher at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School during his junior and senior years, where he went by “Coach."


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[Anonymous]

Yes. I posted about that in the other forum on the thread about hiring personal coaches for your kids. Nobody seemed to care. But it's important in case there are other victims out there,

[Anonymous]

Why is it so hard to understand that many of these "coaches" put themselves into positions where they can have access to their age preference?

Be very suspicious of any single male tutor or coach who does not have a child on the team. Do not be fooled that the coach "has no record". That only means that he has never been caught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard to understand that many of these "coaches" put themselves into positions where they can have access to their age preference?

Be very suspicious of any single male tutor or coach who does not have a child on the team. Do not be fooled that the coach "has no record". That only means that he has never been caught.

+1

[Anonymous]

But not suspicious of a single female? The double standard and fear of men in education is toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But not suspicious of a single female? The double standard and fear of men in education is toxic.

Please. How often do you hear of a female abusing a minor vs. a male?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so hard to understand that many of these "coaches" put themselves into positions where they can have access to their age preference?

Be very suspicious of any single male tutor or coach who does not have a child on the team. Do not be fooled that the coach "has no record". That only means that he has never been caught.

read the article. His [alleged] offenses were in connection with his teaching position. Had absolutely nothing to do with being a wrestling coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But not suspicious of a single female? The double standard and fear of men in education is toxic.

Female teachers offend at a rate that is close to that of male teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But not suspicious of a single female? The double standard and fear of men in education is toxic.

Female teachers offend at a rate that is close to that of male teachers.

Offend or are reported? Because there's that whole cultural component of male dominance and teen boys "liking it" with older women that dissuades ...

I think it's healthy to have a strong dose of caution with ANY adult working with children - be they male, female, single or other. I also think it is unhealthy to automatically easily jump to the conclusion that most single males are in the profession as predators.

[Anonymous]

Argh! 19:11 here - I quoted the wrong comment. This refers to 16:59's comment.