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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If that employee is in charge of counseling Sidwell students and the employee has an affair with the mother of one of the students, you don't see where the school may have some liability?  Particularly if that student was being "treated" by the employee?  And what if they are able to prove that the child's well being was adversely affected by this affair?[/quote]

Huntington was the Middle School counselor, responsible for students in grades 5-8. He had no role at Lower School (grades PK-4) - they have their own staff, on a separate campus. It seems unlikely that he had any kind of a professional relationship with a child in a different division of the school, and in his own child's class. His actions appear to be stupid at best, sleazy at worst, but not professionally unethical.[/quote]

His job description may have encompassed the whole school community. If he used his school email address, these things will all add up to making it more likely than not that they knew about the conduct. And really,[b] if[/b] someone would violate patient/client relationship so flagrantly, it likely isn't the first time. Defendants are seriously up a creek here.[/quote]

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