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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beauvoir let their teacher walk away from campus and didn't hold on to him discretely until the police could get to him.

Sidwell banned him from campus (and thus the children) and didn't (couldn't?) fire him until charges were levied.  
In Sidwell's case, I am inferring that the authorities were aware of the situation and were conducting an investigation.  
I am not privy to any communications or counseling that may or may not have occurred with students.[/quote]

Look this very sad and the predators clearly find children. Sidwell is a wonderful school and I feel awful for their community. I am somewhat shocked at the school's lack of initiative to protect the student population, especially in the wake of the Beauvoir scandal. Beauvoir acted far more aggressively than Sidwell. Yes, the Beauvoir escorted the teacher off the campus, but they immediately got involved with law enforcement and the school community. Beauvoir chose to get involved with law enforcement immediately after Toth left campus . Remember, Toth was not coming back the following Fall and if Beauvoir didn't file charges who knows if any would have been filed at all.  As for Sidwell, by simply banning the teacher from the campus for three months, the teacher had MONTHS to flee if he wanted (as opposed to hours in the case of Toth) before files were charged. They should have learned from Beauvoir that it only takes a few hours for a predator to flee. So basically Beauvoir waited hours/days and Sidwell waited over three months. From the media articles, clearly at least on student at Sidwell is involved with whatever misconduct could have happened, so the school has been aware of this for months but chose to stay out of it and ban the teacher from campus. How nice to know that the adminstration cares more about the teachers rights than the student who bravely came forward. For all we know, the teacher could have been in touch with other students during the 3 months he was free but not allowed on campus. If the school did not warn families about him, maybe he violated another child. But I forgot the protecting the ENDOWMENT is more important than the students' safety & well being (sarcasm noted). [/quote]

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