"The school district suspended Greenawalt without pay following his arrest and terminated him effective May 20, said spokeswoman Cissy Bowman."
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/ex-mt-lebanon-teacher-gets-probation-ban-classroom/nZSmj/
http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/ex-mt-lebanon-teacher-gets-probation-ban-classroom/nZSmj/
that's it????
ReplyDeleteyes 756, he sent texts, not pictures and the student was 18 years old.
ReplyDelete"In March, police accused Greenawalt of exchanging explicit messages starting in 2010 with a then-sophomore boy at Mt. Lebanon High School, where Greenawalt directed the choir and high school musicals." - Post Gazette
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad the District won't provide parents the password to their own kids' District-provide email account.
ReplyDeleteWhat do they have to hide?
We'll have to rename it the "Mt. Nittany School District"
9:59
ReplyDeleteThat's a very big statement to make, even joking about "Mt. Nittany School District". Nothing that this teacher did was linked to any school communication. Cell phones are within the parents realm of control.
The district is probably hoping/assuming that parents are going to raise their children to have a trusting and loving relationship with their parents. The school districts job is not to raise children, it's to educate them. If there is something illegal going on through district provided communications, they would be the first ones to give the parents and authorities any evidence. Calm the paranoia down...What awful things do you think kids are talking about on school provided emails anyway...
4:02, the minute you think the District is better able to look out for your kids is the minute after you shirk your responsibility as a parent.
ReplyDeleteThe Greenawalt incident highlights the need for parents to be aware of all communication District employees have with their children.
Everything this teacher did was linked to school communication because the student came to know the teacher in the public school setting. Hence the suspension, firing and ultimate criminal court verdict.
1:48...I never thought the District is better able at looking after your child...but like I said, if you have a good trusting relationship with your children, then why even need the password? If the student has nothing to hide from you, why not just ask them for the password yourself? If they resist, then there might be something deeper, and it's time to have a sit down chat with your child and...if you re truly worried, call the district. Just because the District isn't privy to throwing students privacy down the gutter at every turn, doesn't mean they are hiding evil conspiracies through the communication facilities they provide.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this incident should open parents eyes to the communication that their children are having with not only teachers, but anyone. Parents pay for their kids phones. It is in their realm to teach their children how to use them appropriately and check them. Pop in on their Facebook page or instagram every once in awhile and see what they are up to without being exclamatory and mistrusting.
I do however argue that what this teacher did was not part of school communication. Yes, they met in school. No, they did not use district provided email, or district provided phones to do the communication. He was suspended, and fired, and plead guilty to charges which all occurred OUTSIDE of the realm of the school day, and OUTSIDE of extra curricular activities. Linking the two is, in my opinion, putting a dark light over the district and other teachers when it should be on Greenawalt himself.