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[quote=Anonymous]I think the difference with the Sidwell teacher vs. Beauvior is probably in how the school learned about the abuse. With Beauvior, they found out through a camera at school. As far as I know, they were not alerted to any abuse from the harmed families, the police, etc. Contrast with Sidwell and chances are, the school was notified by either the family or by the police. I think Beauvior just was taken completely off guard and how no idea what to do. Hindsight is 20/20 and we now know that they did not act in the best manner. 
Sidwell is a completely different scenario and did what I think any other organization would have done - immediately barred the teacher from going on school property and teaching as soon as allegations were made, but - b/c he hadn't even been charged yet - it would have been hard for them to flat out fire him at that time. Not sure how else they could have handled it.

[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the poster about Sidwell v. Beauvior scandals:  Beauvior I think was caught more off guard, finding out accidentally and did not see obvious red flags (was that Toth person really living in the classroom).  Sidwell was notified by the poilice which makes the situation easier to deal with (at least more cut and dry).  both situations are awful and I feel for the school communities.  We are a Maret family and it would break my heart to have this happen in my child's classroom.[/quote]

I am 10:15 and think these posts are much better than they expressed than mine. I also agree poster who succintly pointed out that Toth fleed and Peterson appears to have cooperated with authorities. I hope and pray for the SFS community that other children were not harmed. I realize this is pure speculation, but I cannnot help but wonder if Sidwell adminstrators asked parents not to post on this board in the beginning of this school year because they knew this may be forthcoming and they want to protect the students and understandably possibly for damage control. As a community we need to come together against child abuse in schools. [/quote]

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