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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He was an MCPS teacher grooming and ultimately violating MCPS students. This is a crime.

The fact that he also coached crew is almost irrelevant. The crew team environment just made this all easier for him. But at the end of the day - whether the crew team was a club or a Whitman team DOES NOT MATTER.

He was a teacher. He had illegal contact with students. THE END.[/quote]

I am not a lawyer (but deal extensively in legalese) is this illegal in Maryland or Montgomery County?  The District of Columbia criminal code clearly states in 22-3009.03 that it is illegal there but is there a similar statue in the Montgomery County or Maryland code?  I know there are MCPS guidelines and rules but those are different than the code.

https://code.dccouncil.us/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-3009.03#

The DC code makes clear that it doesnt matter if the person is of the age of majority or not.  I wonder what it is in Maryland?

I am curious to know what went on in the classroom and at Whitman.  Who knew what when and how much burying the head in sand went on.

What I can say as a former student is that there were what I now recognize as grooming behaviors.  [/quote]

The Maryland version of the offense is here:

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/criminal-law/title-3/subtitle-3/section-3-308/

It does prohibit sexual contact with a minor by someone employed by the school that the minor attends. But several aspects seem less than ideal. (Including the fact that the language/construction is almost impossible to understand.) I don’t know anything about criminal law, but I was surprised that MD calls this a misdemeanor and only a “4th degree” offense.

For what it’s worth, the section of the MD education code that covers anti-abuse training has a muuuuuch broader and more accurate definition of sexual misconduct. But none of that seems to carry through into actual criminal prohibitions, at least as far as I could tell:

https://law.justia.com/codes/maryland/2020/criminal-law/title-3/subtitle-3/section-3-308/

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