EAGLE POINT, Ore.-A local school district, superintendent, principal and former teacher are all facing a lawsuit in federal court. The victims’ attorney, Tom Petersen with Black, Chapman, Petersen & Stevens, said they are all to blame for the alleged molestation of two local girls. Joel Heller, a former teacher at a Little Butte Elementary School, … Read more
By Sanne Specht Mail Tribune A former Little Butte Elementary School teacher and counselor being sued for allegedly molesting young girls had a history of inappropriate behavior, according to sworn statements made by two former female students and a parent. The legal documents will be used as evidence to support a federal civil suit that alleges Joel … Read more
This case out of Bend raises many questions and concerns about student-teacher texting. Should students be individually texting their teachers? Redmond Proficiency Academy director Michael Bremont at school (left) in Redmond, Ore., and in the Deschutes County Jail. (AP Photos/The Bulletin, Rob Kerr; Deschutes County Jail, File) BEND, Ore. (AP) – The text messages, some … Read more
The public’s right to know information about the incident outweighs the Santa Monica High School teacher’s privacy rights, the Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles confirms. After an investigation of a student’s complaint Ari Marken, a mathematics teacher at Santa Monica High School, received a written reprimand from the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School … Read more
BY VICKIE ALDOUS A Crater High School teacher accused of having sex with an underage student has entered not guilty pleas to 12 counts of second and third-degree sexual abuse. Jeffrey Robert Zundel, 52, entered the pleas Dec. 3. in Jackson County Circuit Court. On Thursday he was granted a travel permit to take a … Read more