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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a former Whitman student who had Shipley as a AP Euro teacher many years ago (early 2000’s) I can assure you that staff, administration, and parents had some sense that he was a predator. Even at 16, my friends and I knew he was too comfortable around his students and his presence was unlike any other staff member at WWHS.  People ignored what was directly in front of them; too much paperwork for admin, staff members not wanting to make assumptions about colleagues by throwing them under the bus, and parents being so blind by grades that of course this happened. None of it is surprising since most of this community lives in a bubble. Guarantee he wasn’t the only staff member who took advantage of students. It was a different era back then and staff got away with a lot…thank god things will finally change.[/quote]

I second what this person said.  I too had him for AP Euro in 2003-04 and looking back can’t say I am too surprised.  Back then he was 30 and living on P or Q street.  Crew kids commented on how they would go over to his house and how he gave rides to rowers.  He seemed overly comfortable with some girls even then.

I wonder which other staff members this person is referring to here?  I have an idea but obviously can’t say.

Regardless three years is a joke but it is better than nothing.[/quote]

I went to another W school (slightly before this timeframe) and there was a teacher just like this.  He had a couple of female students always hanging around him and he gave them rides all over the area.  I even remember seeing them out at the mall together.  We all new it didn't look right at the time but didn't fully understand just how screwed up this was back then.[/quote]

I’m a teacher and this is just horrible to read.
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I know parents who have reported this kind of behavior, and the teacher continued teaching. Is still at the same school, in fact. Unclear if the principal even cautioned the guy to spend less time outside of school hanging out with young teen girls.[/quote]

Joshua Starr knew about John Vigna.  Vigna's lap sitting with little girls was documented and written up.  The letter, copied to Starr, was put in Vigna's file.  [/quote]

The stuff I’m talking about has occurred in the last couple years. Starr was two superintendents and nearly a decade ago at this point. [/quote]

Starr left in 2015.  That's now a decade? New math?  
Stick your head in the sand and pretend it's only about you.

The same administrators that worked for Starr are still in MCPS.  McKnight has been here for years and was trained in the same procedures that Starr used. The same system is still in place.  "Popular" teachers/staff get a pass even when they are actively sexually abusing students.  Same system, same cover ups.  Maryland is a sexual predator friendly state.  Get used to it.  [/quote]

Ok, then call out the current people flouting the law. When you bring up someone who left, what, 8 years ago if we're being exact, then you water down your argument. No one but you cares about an individual who left his leadership position two superintendents ago. You should get therapy for your obsession with him. You weaken your own arguments.[/quote]

The current people?  You want a list of all MCPS administrators?  [/quote]

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