Teacher screening and conduct are problems in public schools, too A teacher in the Sarasota County district was arrested last week for possession of child pornography. He was hired this year even though he had resigned while under investigation from a neighboring district last fall. Investigators had found photos of him and a 16-year-old in bed, but his former principal still gave him a good recommendation. Last year, the Polk district hired a teacher after she had resigned from a neighboring district. An investigation by her former employer, which generated headlines in her former district, showed she had engaged in “sexually charged communications with a student in her care.” Her ... Continue reading... http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opin...s-well-as-private-schools-20180502-story.html
