whew

[johniam]

Last week Thursday a special ed teacher in my special ed son's school was arrested for 19 counts of statutory sodomy. This means she (yes, it was a 46 yr old woman) performed oral sex on at least 3 special ed boys, but not my son.

What happened was she confided in a friend as to what she was doing. The friend told another teacher in the school, who told the principal, who then called the police. The principal called our house and said she was sure the teacher never was alone with our son.

Later, we got the paper's article about the incident on the internet (we don't get the daily paper) complete with a color picture of the teacher plus her home address. She's married!!! Poor husband. We had our son look at the picture and he said she was an assistant in his math class but that she never touched him or anything like that. The principal said that when children are molested they usually display noticeable changes in behavior at home and our son didn't do that so we feel secure that he was unharmed, but all 19 counts allegedly happened this school year.

This lady was still an apprentice last year and before that she worked for the school district in another capacity and was considered a "pillar of the community". The principal said they're sure and can document all 19 counts. If women's prisons are anything like mens' she's dead.

[CoolWaters]

:(

This is hard enough to comprehend with any child...but with special ed children?

It is correct that quite noticeable changes in behavior occur...and quite immediately. It is good your son is doing good.

I'm sorry that this happened.

[johniam]

Well, nothing really happened to us, but those kids have gotta be really confused. Even special ed kids look up to adults and trust that they will do them right. Crazy.

[Abigail]

Well if your courts are anything like ours, the teacher will be free to hurt more children very soon. Check out the cut and paste below from our newspaper. Note this guy is a HABITUAL offender with his 3rd conviction and could be free to act again in less than 3 years!

"Mark Steven Morris, 51, of Charlotte, accosting a child for an immoral purpose by a sexually delinquent person, habitual offender, third conviction, 34 to 96 months in prison, 162 days credit, mental health treatment, sex offender programs, attend counseling, restitution, $60 state cost, $60 to Crime Victims Rights Fund."

[justloafing]

John........................I am so glad your son is okay.