Whitman Teacher and Crew Coach Arrested

[Anonymous]

It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

It's MCPS, what do you expect?
Signed,
A MCPS graduate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are others.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact D.C. Police at 202-727-9099.

What does this mean? There are others at Whitman?

No, but within MCPS.

And, regrettably, pretty much everywhere else in society.

But other jurisdictions investigate, arrest and convict. That's why many of the MCPS teachers arrested and convicted are caught by outside law enforcement agencies. Other agencies take these cases seriously. Montgomery County doesn't and doesn't protect the victims of sexual abuse by teachers. Montgomery County goes so far as to name the victims in public records. John McCarthy is the Montgomery County State's Attorney and he is up for re-election.

Tell that to the parents of Catholics, Southern Baptists, Scouts, etc...

You mean to the organizations that have been investigated and there have been prosecutions? Yes. Those organizations have had their feet held to the fire. MCPS has never been investigated like Catholics, Southern Baptists or Boy Scouts. It's time.

It took the DC Police to arrest the crew coach and Whitman teacher. There’s no memorandum of understanding with DCPD and MCPS. There’s a reason why they made the arrest but complaints from 2018 were not followed up with in Montgomery County.

It’s because the crimes occurred in Washington DC where he lives. Don’t be so fast to condemn MCPD. They had no jurisdiction in this case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

The parents turned a blind eye, as long as it isn't their kid - no worries -have to get into an Ivy at all costs so we can tell our friends our kid goes to one.

[Anonymous]

Please read the board letter to the crew team when they renewed his contract. Talk about willful blindness between the school admin, the board, the parents and the joke of an HR investigator these girls has no chance. They left them to fend for themselves with a child predator.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are others.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact D.C. Police at 202-727-9099.

What does this mean? There are others at Whitman?

No, but within MCPS.

And, regrettably, pretty much everywhere else in society.

But other jurisdictions investigate, arrest and convict. That's why many of the MCPS teachers arrested and convicted are caught by outside law enforcement agencies. Other agencies take these cases seriously. Montgomery County doesn't and doesn't protect the victims of sexual abuse by teachers. Montgomery County goes so far as to name the victims in public records. John McCarthy is the Montgomery County State's Attorney and he is up for re-election.

Tell that to the parents of Catholics, Southern Baptists, Scouts, etc...

You mean to the organizations that have been investigated and there have been prosecutions? Yes. Those organizations have had their feet held to the fire. MCPS has never been investigated like Catholics, Southern Baptists or Boy Scouts. It's time.

It took the DC Police to arrest the crew coach and Whitman teacher. There’s no memorandum of understanding with DCPD and MCPS. There’s a reason why they made the arrest but complaints from 2018 were not followed up with in Montgomery County.

It’s because the crimes occurred in Washington DC where he lives. Don’t be so fast to condemn MCPD. They had no jurisdiction in this case.

LOL Of course they did. This was a MCPS teacher. MCPS was on notice that this guy was a sexual predator and they failed to report. You think a MCPS teacher can sexually abuse a student as long as they do it over state lines?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

Please don’t lump us in with the Boomers. I’m a late 70s Xer and am disgusted by sexual predation. I have no problem being open about that. Maybe older Xers, but we’re a different generation than Boomers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are others.

Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to contact D.C. Police at 202-727-9099.

What does this mean? There are others at Whitman?

No, but within MCPS.

And, regrettably, pretty much everywhere else in society.

But other jurisdictions investigate, arrest and convict. That's why many of the MCPS teachers arrested and convicted are caught by outside law enforcement agencies. Other agencies take these cases seriously. Montgomery County doesn't and doesn't protect the victims of sexual abuse by teachers. Montgomery County goes so far as to name the victims in public records. John McCarthy is the Montgomery County State's Attorney and he is up for re-election.

Tell that to the parents of Catholics, Southern Baptists, Scouts, etc...

You mean to the organizations that have been investigated and there have been prosecutions? Yes. Those organizations have had their feet held to the fire. MCPS has never been investigated like Catholics, Southern Baptists or Boy Scouts. It's time.

It took the DC Police to arrest the crew coach and Whitman teacher. There’s no memorandum of understanding with DCPD and MCPS. There’s a reason why they made the arrest but complaints from 2018 were not followed up with in Montgomery County.

It’s because the crimes occurred in Washington DC where he lives. Don’t be so fast to condemn MCPD. They had no jurisdiction in this case.

LOL Of course they did. This was a MCPS teacher. MCPS was on notice that this guy was a sexual predator and they failed to report. You think a MCPS teacher can sexually abuse a student as long as they do it over state lines?

They did report him to the police. It's right there in the Post article

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

Please don’t lump us in with the Boomers. I’m a late 70s Xer and am disgusted by sexual predation. I have no problem being open about that. Maybe older Xers, but we’re a different generation than Boomers.

In all fairness 2 parents wanted him fired the rest wanted college acceptances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

It may be a generational thing. More boomers and Xers had parents or grandparents who married or had children young. And we reached maturity at a time when the idea of sexual liberation was in vogue without the appreciation of the potentially coercive power dynamics.

So, yes, some may be slower to recognize abuse and quicker to rationalize unacceptable situations. Hopefully articles like this are a wake-up call, although it's a shame it's still needed.

[On the other hand, things like "revenge porn" or asking people to send explicit pictures of themselves that could then be passed around weren't really a thing decades ago, so there were some compensating advantages.]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

It may be a generational thing. More boomers and Xers had parents or grandparents who married or had children young. And we reached maturity at a time when the idea of sexual liberation was in vogue without the appreciation of the potentially coercive power dynamics.

So, yes, some may be slower to recognize abuse and quicker to rationalize unacceptable situations. Hopefully articles like this are a wake-up call, although it's a shame it's still needed.

[On the other hand, things like "revenge porn" or asking people to send explicit pictures of themselves that could then be passed around weren't really a thing decades ago, so there were some compensating advantages.]

Yes it was. There was a video of a girl from my school going around. Her Potomac boyfriend had a friend video tape them having sex.

Also there is a nudie going around Pyle, cops get called every year about it, the girl is 30 by now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

It may be a generational thing. More boomers and Xers had parents or grandparents who married or had children young. And we reached maturity at a time when the idea of sexual liberation was in vogue without the appreciation of the potentially coercive power dynamics.

So, yes, some may be slower to recognize abuse and quicker to rationalize unacceptable situations. Hopefully articles like this are a wake-up call, although it's a shame it's still needed.

[On the other hand, things like "revenge porn" or asking people to send explicit pictures of themselves that could then be passed around weren't really a thing decades ago, so there were some compensating advantages.]

Yes it was. There was a video of a girl from my school going around. Her Potomac boyfriend had a friend video tape them having sex.

Also there is a nudie going around Pyle, cops get called every year about it, the girl is 30 by now.

The 1st one was in the 80's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

Please don’t lump us in with the Boomers. I’m a late 70s Xer and am disgusted by sexual predation. I have no problem being open about that. Maybe older Xers, but we’re a different generation than Boomers.

In all fairness 2 parents wanted him fired the rest wanted college acceptances.

This, right here. As long as he was getting kids into the right colleges. Just like Larry Nasser, as long as those girls won medals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's Whitman, what do you expect?

Signed,
A Whitman Graduate

I personally dont think this is a whitman thing. I enjoyed my time at Whitman and found the staff was relatively supportive compared to other schools.

However, I do think it's a generational thing. Again and again, boomers and xers seem to need to have it explained to them why sexual predation is unacceptable. They. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I have no idea why anyone could hear a teenage girl saying her high school coach had been sexually pursuant of her, but dismiss because she just turned 18. That is still so, so disgusting and a violation of every ethical code.

But soooo many older people need this stuff explained to them. Then the board gives the notes the girls wrote TO the coach in question.

There is seriously a problem with older people just dismissing male predatory sexual behavior. And that goes across the board.

Our high school coach pursued (with consent) a 18 yo graduate and I remember thinking it was weird but okay. - Gen Xer