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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, there are MCPS teachers who want to attend and are willing to testify. However, the trial is scheduled for the first week of school. I suspect that is no coinidence.[/quote]

So you suggest that the states attorney's office and the defendant have conspired to have the court during the first week of school?  What crap.

Testify to what?  The rules of evidence do not allow teachers to waltz into court and testify about their suspicions or what they have overheard.  If a teacher has witnessed an illegal act the states attorney would make sure that the teacher was in court that day. [/quote]

Why are you so angry that somebody is suggesting that teachers want to testify?  It baffles me.  You have no idea what they may or may not be able to testify to. Part of what happened involved the principal choosing to take observations of non-illegal but highly questionable conduct not seriously, or just dealing with it in an administrative fashion rather than involving the authorities.  I don't think witness testimony would be limited to illegal acts.   For example, locking the door to the classroom with children inside probably isn't illegal, but it would presumably violate all sorts of rules for what MCPS allows its teachers to do (and if not, that's a whole other can of worms).  That kind of testimony would reinforce any claim that he was up to no good in his classroom.  What legitimate reason would there be to lock the door?  I don't think anyone is conspiring - sounds very far fetched - but the timing does sound frustrating.  There is plenty of reason to be angry here, but it's not at the teachers who want to testify or who are either confused or frustrated by the trial procedures and timing.  Maybe take a deep breath and remember that MCPS let us think our kids were safe in a classroom with this teacher long after MCPS had reason to suspect he couldn't be trusted with children.  Be mad at Joynes and the system and administrators that let him take advantage of our children.  [/quote]

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