TEACHER ARRESTED!, for giving student a wedgie Options

[illumineering]

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=36751

ALBANY, N.Y. -- A yank on a child's underwear has a teacher in big trouble.

Albany police have charged 41-year-old Mark Holley of Scotia with endangering the welfare of a child for giving a student a wedgie. Holley's a teacher at New Covenant Charter School in Albany.

Police say that during summer school, while a 10-year-old New Covenant student was in the bathroom, Holley grabbed the child's underwear and pulled it up.

The student's mother reported the incident to the school, but police were not notified until January. The arrest came after an investigation where police interviewed both the child and the teacher.

Do you think the teacher should have been arrested? It's odd that this happened in summer school and didn't get reported for 6 months.

[Chii]

I hate it when schools keep things under wraps. I can think of one particular, "prestigious" school that lies about their students being the top picks for college and having the best department for a certain subject. I will not name the school but I hope someday it gets uncovered.

I think something should be done to the teacher AND the school. That is inapporpriate for a teacher. A child's underwear should not be touched by a teacher. The teacher should at least be suspended without pay, being arrested seems a bit much.

[Paradox of Life]

I hate it when schools keep things under wraps. I can think of one particular, "prestigious" school that lies about their students being the top picks for college and having the best department for a certain subject. I will not name the school but I hope someday it gets uncovered.

I think something should be done to the teacher AND the school. That is inapporpriate for a teacher. A child's underwear should not be touched by a teacher. The teacher should at least be suspended without pay, being arrested seems a bit much.

Agreed.

At my elementary school (the one I used to go to), a 2nd grade teacher got arrested and fired for putting scotch tape on a kid's mouth. The class was like, "Do it! Do it! Do it!" and laughing and then a parent walked by and called the police. I hate those stupid prudes. They just want to create drama, but they don't realize that it can really screw up someone's life. The teacher is no longer able to get a teaching job in the same district, so she's moving. It was everyone's favorite teacher too...