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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This makes me feel like we need a “town hall” of some sort to have an open dialogue with other teachers to ask them why this tends to be the case. I mean, maybe it would be suitable at Whitman because every single teacher should have known that Shipley’s behavior was unusual. And yet they let it happen under their noses. I don’t think it’s a teacher’s job to police/catch other teachers that are abusers….but surely if enough teachers saw red flags with Shipley’s behavior, or even yellow or orange flags…over the course of 20 years….and discreetly mentioned these to peers….surely he was already someone who they must have had suspicions about. And no one was brave enough to test their suspicions with him—say, by “accidentally” dropping by his classroom at lunchtime to let him know that people found his behavior unacceptable or to simply scope out to confirm a hunch.
I’d want to have an open discussion—why did teachers look the other way? Not all Shipley’s stuff was out in the open, but he sure must have caused suspicion by hanging out with girls all the time. Even the PP from Philly remembers her MS teacher’ inappropriate behavior! I remember the inappropriate behavior of mine (in NJ)…taking 2 girls aside 1 week to photograph them doing gymnastic poses, for a “project”.[/quote]

Teachers knew. What about the Social Studies teachers?

Do school administrators ever walk the halls and check on what is happening in classrooms during lunch?

Yes. A town hall is needed to discuss the problem.[/quote]

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