Small Michigan school district has been plagued by several troubling cases of teacher sexual misconduct

SARANAC, Mich. – Officials at Saranac Community Schools have learned the hard way that it’s wise to be up front with the community when a teacher is accused of sexually molesting a student.

For Saranac Superintendent Maury Geiger, that has meant writing at least five painful form letters to residents over the past two years.

The letters were necessary because three district teachers have been accused of, or investigated for, sexual misconduct with students in that short period of time.

The first two cases were as odd as they were troubling, while the last investigation, the result of allegations by “other students at the school,” was recently dropped with no charges filed.  (more...)

Small Michigan school district has been plagued by several troubling cases of teacher sexual misconduct

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