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Student exodus in Michigan school district where teachers defended child molester
Fox News ^ | September 12, 2013 | Perry Chiaramonte

Posted on 09/12/2013 5:52:25 PM PDT by jazusamo

Enrollment appears to be nosediving in a Michigan school district where several teachers publicly supported a former colleague who admitted having sex with a middle school student.

The student body count in the West Branch-Rose City district, in northeast Michigan is down unofficially some 87 students following a tumultuous summer in which angry parents blasted seven teachers for writing letters in support of former teacher Neal Erickson. The letters urged a judge to be lenient in sentencing Erickson, who admitted to sexual misconduct with an underage, male student from 2006 to 2009. When the school board declined to take action against the teachers, many parents vowed to pull their kids out of the public schools, which have a total enrollment of just over 2,000.

“I can’t speculate as to why the students have left, but there were certainly parents who vocalized that they were pulling their children out of school because of the teacher’s support,” West Branch-Rose City School Superintendent Daniel Cwayna told FoxNews.com. “We addressed the issue as best we could without infringing upon the teacher’s first amendment rights. There’s only so much we can do.”

Lower enrollment will cost the district under the state's funding formula. And it could get even worse, if other parents simply opt to keep their kids home on Sept. 25, when the official headcount is carried out. The school district stands to lose as much as $600,000 in state funding.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: arth; childmolester; education; michigan; nealerickson; rosecity; teacher; westbranch
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To: jazusamo
At one time in our formerly great country, this was enough to fire a teacher.

Moral turpitude is a legal concept in the United States and some other countries that refers to "conduct that is considered contrary to community standards of justice, honesty or good morals. This term appears in U.S. immigration law beginning in the 19th century.

The concept of "moral turpitude" might escape precise definition, but it has been described as an "act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen, or to society in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty between man and man.

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21 posted on 09/12/2013 6:58:51 PM PDT by A. Patriot ("I'm not a Republican, I'm a Conservative.")
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To: jazusamo


22 posted on 09/12/2013 6:59:39 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: zerosix

Yep, it’s hard to fathom that people accept this behavior. A century or probably less than a century ago a teacher caught performing these acts on a student may have well been hung from the highest tree and made an example of.


23 posted on 09/12/2013 7:09:22 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: jazusamo
Much, much less than a century ago, would anyone committing a crime like this, be locked up forever.

When I was in grade school (back in the dark ages), a teacher caught going into a bar, would lose their job, much less had sex with a student and the student of the same sex would have been unimaginable!

24 posted on 09/12/2013 7:18:37 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: jazusamo
A century or probably less than a century ago a teacher caught performing these acts on a student may have well been hung from the highest tree and made an example of.

Fifty-sixty years ago, they would've "disappeared"...into an unmarked grave in somebody's wheat field.

25 posted on 09/12/2013 7:34:08 PM PDT by okie01 (The Mainstream Media: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: jazusamo

It’s all due to the fact that teachers aren’t paid enough!

/sarc


26 posted on 09/12/2013 9:27:18 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: jazusamo
When the school board declined to take action against the teachers, many parents vowed to pull their kids out of the public schools, which have a total enrollment of just over 2,000

Those parents need to unelect that school board for one thing, then fire those teachers for another

27 posted on 09/12/2013 9:29:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: opus86

Get your kid out
Unelect the school board
The fire those teachers


28 posted on 09/12/2013 9:30:11 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: EDINVA

Let us declare Sept 25 a federal Republican Skip School Holiday then

haha


29 posted on 09/12/2013 9:31:14 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Mastador1

Firing them does not violate their freedom of speech, they can extoll the virtue of pedophilia all they want in the unemployment office.


30 posted on 09/12/2013 9:32:18 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: MeshugeMikey

BUMP

It should be considered a capitol crime


31 posted on 09/12/2013 9:33:04 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Fai Mao

“...none of the people defending the Pedophile will lose their jobs.”

If enough students depart, so will their jobs.

So many public employees seem to have forgotten THEY WORK FOR US.

They need some big reminders. I hope this is one of them.


32 posted on 09/12/2013 9:35:07 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: GeronL

I was commenting to the fact that students have been muzzled by schools and teachers while the teachers and administrators get to say whatever they want with no restrictions. I agree these people supporting this pedophile should be prohibited from ever working with children again.


33 posted on 09/12/2013 10:01:09 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

bump


34 posted on 09/12/2013 10:01:34 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: jazusamo

Another Reason to Homeschool

arth


35 posted on 09/12/2013 10:08:42 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: jazusamo
This is a fascinating story. There are remarkable comments at linked sites from people who know Erickson and the teachers personally.

http://eagnews.org/community-turns-against-seven-teachers-and-a-board-member-who-showed-support-for-a-pedophile-teacher/

http://www.ogemawherald.com/stories/Erickson-sentenced-to-15-30-years-in-prison,97478

I have no idea how this will play out. Will enough parents keep their kids out of school to force the governor to intervene? Will parents be forced by the state to send their kids to be taught by the pedophile defenders? Will the teachers be fired, and sue the school district into bankruptcy?

36 posted on 09/12/2013 10:42:13 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

They should have a recall election for that school board, the new board can fire the perv teachers


37 posted on 09/12/2013 10:43:07 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL
They should have a recall election for that school board, the new board can fire the perv teachers

It sounds like the board needs financial cover for firing the teachers. I think the state governor should provide that financial cover.

38 posted on 09/12/2013 10:48:04 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Fai Mao

those so called teachers keep referring to this pedophile as having mad “a” mistake....like raping a kid over 3 yrs is “a” mistake....you know, like forgetting to put your turn signal on....


39 posted on 09/12/2013 11:08:43 PM PDT by cherry
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To: EDINVA
What you may find is that until Sept. 25 the district is gung-ho to enroll as many students as possible, but after that day they're not at all interested in receiving any more.

Gotta say it's encouraging that the parents are actually reacting. This needs to happen more.

40 posted on 09/13/2013 2:48:39 AM PDT by TheMole
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