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[quote=Anonymous]It is unclear exactly what Beauvoir knew beforehand.  They don't admit to that much, but there were some things parents heard like Mr. Toth was told not to have his door closed, or kids in his lap, for example.  Not sure if this is true, or if this applied to all teachers or were specific instructions/reminders for him.  By the way he continued to do both anyway.

They also knew he was there late at night.  I doubt they knew for sure he was living there but some people had to suspect.  Why on earth would a 3rd grade teacher pull all nighters there all the time?  It is hindsight but many of the parents suspected too.  They have security cameras, and could see the comings and goings and therefore it would have been easy to see he never left.

Sadly their security on information was not as tight as it was certainly breached by him.  He probably read all the files of all the kids, and he often conveyed information which he should have had no way of knowing.  Another red flag.

There are many other stories -- like teachers seeing him in the woods alone with kids, running down the hallway chasing kids, and the pieces of the puzzle only coming together in hindsight.  He was a highly requested teacher and though most thought him strange, he was still sought after as a teacher.  Parents and staff saw him rubbing backs, legs, putting kids in his lap (kids too big to be in a grown man's lap), etc. but he always had a good excuse for what he was doing (there late because he took medication and did not feel safe driving home) and it was strange to "tell on him."

There were other red flags too, like supposedly he never went to faculty meetings.  He worked for way way too many families as a tutor or as a weekend babysitter.  This is inappropriate, espeically when current families.  Supposedly a a year or two before he was caught, he had an unnatural reaction to a particularly favorite student graduating where he weeped openly.  Stuff like that should have set off warning bells.

I doubt anyone could have known about the surveillance cameras he set up or what his sexual predilections were.  But there were other things they should have known, and should have disclosed.

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