Bronx teacher accused of forcing child to tell crush he is gay

New York Post ^ | March 12, 2010 | REUVEN FENTON

[Impy]

A Bronx charter school is under fire from parents who say a teacher bullied kids -- and even forced one child to tell his crush, a girl, that he was gay.

According to court papers filed this week, the teacher, Jared Alessandroni, 29, threatened to "out" a straight 9-year-old boy, James Pastrana, to his class at the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and the Arts, unless James told his crush he was gay.

"I was so humiliated," said Pastrana, who reluctantly scribbled the false confession in a note to the girl. "It started to spread around the whole class and then everyone wanted to call me gay."

A second lawsuit alleges that Alessandroni twisted an 8-year-old boy's arm in a school stairwell in 2008 because he didn't like the way the boy was walking.

[Impy]

I've never heard of something like this. That poor kid could be traumatized for life.

[Don W]

I’ll bet a nickel I can guess the sexual orientation of this “teacher”...

[Impy]

Disgusting.

[Fiddlstix]

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[Balding_Eagle]

"I was so humiliated," said Pastrana, who reluctantly scribbled the false confession in a note to the girl. "It started to spread around the whole class and then everyone wanted to call me gay."

Circumstantial proof that 'gay' will never be accepted by humans, and will always be subject to blackmail, including in the military.

[FlingWingFlyer]

What is it about commie ‘RATS like this moronic “teacher”? Every time they want to screw someone over, they accuse them of being a homosexual pervert.

[kimmie7]

And people wonder why we homeschool!

[LostInBayport]

Child Abuse.

[stormer]

Not that the NY Post ever sensationalized a story before, but I suspect there is more here than meets the eye.

[afraidfortherepublic]

NINE? He forced a NINE year old to tell his girl friend that he was gay?

The teacher should be FIRED for this behavior. THen he should be told to mind his own business.

[QBFimi]

So much for da South Bronx “Culture” School.

[SunkenCiv]

There’s a teacher that shouldn’t have made it to work the following day.

[skr]

I can’t even imagine what must be going through this poor boy’s mind. So many questions as to motive. If the teacher did do this to the boy, why? Is the man a jealous pedophile, one way or the other? Has he been extorting others? What’s his side of the story?

[Eterna1Soldier]

Man, this is so screwed up.

Teachers unions come and ACLU come to this guys defense im 3...2...1...

[kalee]

These kids are 8 and 9 years old, their innocent childhood has been destroyed.

[Clintonfatigued]

I don’t care what consenting adults do behind closed doors-not my business- but using a teaching position to impose such a thing on an innocent child is disgusting at best. If what this “teacher” did isn’t criminal, it should be.

[A_perfect_lady]

This guy clearly has deep psychological problems and shouldn’t be anywhere NEAR children.

[Dogbert41]

If this was my child, that teacher would be “disciplined” in front of the class.

[cookiedough]

If you Google his name, you will get a Facebook page. If this is the same guy, you will not be surprised by what you read.

[metmom]

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