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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get the impulse to defend your school but the signals here are that this young woman was sexually assaulted.  In the article she said it was more than inappropriate touching and that she was too embarrassed to say more at the time.  She was also so alarmed at age 35 to find out he was still teaching after he creeped on her linked-in page that she felt compelled to contact the school. This sounds like a brave victim trying to defend people from someone that at one time was a predator.  If Sidwell had any indication, and they appear to have, that this guy might have had issues in the past they should not have hired him or done some more due diligence.  According to the article, they did not know the extent of the allegations, which to me reads that they took his word for it. The fact that the administrator is gone doesn't mean that Sidwell, and all schools for that matter, shouldn't take a hard look at their hiring practices and background checks, etc.  [/quote]

I think you are reading it a little wrong. Administrator who left in 2003, was aware of something but hired anyhow. That hire, that happened 20 years ago, should not have happened. New administrator in 2017 is made aware the situation and places on leave and then dismisses after investigation. The 2017 action corrected a hire that should not have happened, but that no one apparently knew about.

Same issue today would have resulted in a non-hire.[/quote]

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