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Friday, June 17, 2005
Teachers Union Protected Sexual Predator Teacher
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Lib Loser Stories

Teachers Union Protected Sexual Predator Teacher

We have seen an epidemic of teachers having sex with students recently. Seattle has the distinction as being the birthplace of the teacher/student sex scandal courtesy of Mary Kay LeTourneau. We had a new case in Seattle yesterday that brings a few new twists to light. In this new case a Tacoma school teacher was arrested for having sex with a 14 year old girl.

A middle-school teacher previously reprimanded by the Tacoma School District for sexual misconduct is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student.

In Pierce County Superior Court on Tuesday, Nelson B. Hanton, 46, pleaded not guilty to three counts of third-degree child rape, and a count each of first-degree child molestation, second-degree burglary and tampering with evidence. He is in jail.

He was arrested Friday and posted $20,000 bail later that day. Judge Lisa Worswick on Tuesday doubled that amount to $40,000 and ordered him not to have contact with juveniles, including his two minor children, if he posts bail again.

So here's the deal. This guy was known to have inappropriate contact with young girls but was continuing to teach and groom his victims. Maybe he could have been stopped sooner but guess what, he was being protected by the teachers union.

When The Seattle Times asked the Bellevue School District for information about teachers and coaches accused of sexual misconduct, school officials and the state’s most powerful union teamed up behind the scenes to try to hide the files.

The Bellevue teachers union organized a district wide personnel-file review so teachers could go through their files and remove materials. The district says no sexual-misconduct records were removed, but the past president of the union said records The Times asked for were removed in one case.

We should have known he was a great guy however because local Seattle Ultra Liberal talk show host, and former Democratic candidate for the US House, Dave Ross, had once named him a Hometown Hero.

Newsradio 710 KIRO and Cascade Bank are pleased to announce Nelson Hanton of Tacoma as July's "Dave Ross Hometown Hero."

Nominated by Ida Gurule, Nelson is a teacher at Stewart Middle School in Tacoma. In addition to devoting his time to bettering the lives of the 11-14 year olds that he educates in the classroom, Nelson is responsible for the development and success of Stewart's chess team as well as the chess programs in all 10 Tacoma Middle Schools this past year. Nelson's track record of success includes participation in the Junior High National Chess Tournament over the past several years, including the tournament this past May in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Nelson's involvement in his students' lives is not limited to chess strategy, he continues his guidance and support of his students beyond the walls of Stewart Middle school, warranting him as 710 July's Dave Ross Hometown Hero.

I guess hero standards are lower when you're a Democrat.

This is another sad case of a trusted teacher taking advantage of students. In this case however he may have been stopped sooner had it not been for the local teachers union protecting him. Teachers unions are all about education, right?

Origional story...
The Seattle Times ** Tacoma child-rape suspect jailed again

Posted by uhyw at 11:37 AM EDT

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