Anonymous wrote:Was the closed Board of Ed session last week about allowing him to return? If so, what was the decision?

He has been accused of new crimes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/baltimore/news/anne-arundel-severna-park-elementary-teacher-allegations/

Was the closed Board of Ed session last week about allowing him to return? If so, what was the decision?

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Anonymous wrote:What was the perceived reputation of this teacher prior to allegations?

I’ve indirectly noticed a lot of housing inventory in SP—is it because of this incident?

Yes, everyone is leaving SP because a teacher who no longer works there was accused of a crime.

There most definitely have been people who have left Severna Park schools or have moved to private schools because of this. I’m not saying it’s a significant amount or that I agree, but I do know some people have left SP schools because of this.

Apparently he even passed a polygraph test

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Anonymous wrote:For those saying that this campaign was led by the parents, I don’t think any reasonable parent would put their daughter through this trial voluntarily.

I don’t disagree. At the end of the day these parents aren’t reasonable. Whether it comes from incompetence or malice, I couldn’t say, but what they did when questioning their kids and are now doing with this brand goes against everything we know about best practices for potential victims in sexual assault cases.

Listen around the 30:00 mark. https://www.wbal.com/episode/august-04-2025-baltimore-county-inspector-general-confirmation-vote-paint-the-park-pink-severna-park-maglev-cancellation

Can you summarize?

In the Severna Park Facebook group, there are now reports of the pink signs being taken down by county employees since I guess you can report the signs to be taken down.

Anonymous wrote:For those saying that this campaign was led by the parents, I don’t think any reasonable parent would put their daughter through this trial voluntarily.

I don’t disagree. At the end of the day these parents aren’t reasonable. Whether it comes from incompetence or malice, I couldn’t say, but what they did when questioning their kids and are now doing with this brand goes against everything we know about best practices for potential victims in sexual assault cases.

Listen around the 30:00 mark. https://www.wbal.com/episode/august-04-2025-baltimore-county-inspector-general-confirmation-vote-paint-the-park-pink-severna-park-maglev-cancellation

For those saying that this campaign was led by the parents, I don’t think any reasonable parent would put their daughter through this trial voluntarily.

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, most of the harm to children from both actual and alleged sexual contact with minors comes from how they are treated by people trying to help them and people making them feel shame to exploit their victimization.

Most? This isn't a true statement at all. Of course those trying to help can cause harm in some circumstances. But many children never tell anyone and have deep shame and are irrevocably harmed. That's the perpetrator's fault, and no one else's.

Because of the harassment campaign against him?

If you go through Severna Park, there are tons of the pink We Believe Our Girls signs everywhere. I don’t know how he can reasonably expect to return to AACPS or have his family continue living there.

Anonymous wrote:There is no evidence of anything other than the kids words. You want him to go be charged on that alone?

In my daughter's 3rd grade class someone had the brilliant idea to have the students sign a petition to get a teacher fired for being too strict. Needless to say, it didn't work. I agree there needs to be more evidence than broken sentences on an iPad written by 3rd graders. One of the kids needed to seriously report it to their parents or an authority first.

It was 8 across two grades and only 5 went forward. Some even recanted. You know what they say about assuming 😏

There were numerous (20?) allegations from children across various grades so I would imagine there has to be some level of truth to the allegations.

What’s to wonder? He said it didn’t happen, not that he did something that he felt wasn’t criminal. He denied all the allegations so what behavior would have been unacceptable?

I’m also wondering about his wife, also an AACPS employee, standing by him this entire time. It seems like she would understand that this was unacceptable behavior, even if it was not to a criminal degree.