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Former 'Teacher Of The Year' charged with sexual assault

Mastodon - Wed, 2012-09-05 15:43

Article here. Excerpt:

'What a difference a year makes.

Erica DePalo, 33, won the Essex County, N.J. Teacher of the Year award in 2011. Last Friday, she was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her 15-year-old honors English students, according to CBS New York.

Many of the students that the station spoke with were blindsided by the allegations.

“I was kind of shocked,” Arnold Ajondo said. ”I was a little surprised. She was really close with the students and we all liked her. She was always there after school if you ever needed any help.”

DePalo was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Star Ledger.'

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'Relationship'

Matt - Thu, 2012-09-06 00:20

Again with the 'relationship' talk. The charges include sexual assault. So it was a 'relationship', too?

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What if every time this sort

dungone - Thu, 2012-09-06 02:41

What if every time this sort of thing happened with a female teacher, the girls' programs at the school she taught at got sanctioned the way Penn State's football program did?

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