Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Teacher forced to resign over false 'improper touching' accusations gets $680,000

Anybody who doesn't know that some kids will do things like this (a) doesn't remember their childhood and (2) doesn't pay attention to children.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/09/14319335-teacher-forced-to-resign-over-false-improper-touching-accusations-gets-680000?lite

By Kari Huus, NBC News
Oct. 9, 2012

A North Carolina school district agreed to pay $680,000 to a former teacher who said he was unfairly forced to resign after several students accused him of improperly touching them.

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Sixth-grade teacher Jeffrey Leardini said he had been coerced into resigning in April 2006 — despite an excellent eight-year record as a teacher — after several students came forward with complaints that he touched them in sexually suggestive ways.

Criminal charges against Leardini brought by one student at Community House Middle School were later dismissed, and the other complaints, made by several of her friends, were discredited as an effort to punish the teacher on behalf of their friend, who was doing poorly in Leardini’s class.

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