Report: L.A. teacher complaints go back to 1990

[maddezmom]

AP) LOS ANGELES - School officials questioned how an elementary school teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class went undetected for years as new allegations of past and potentially inappropriate behavior by Mark Berndt surfaced.


Berndt remained jailed on $23 million bail after his first court appearance Wednesday on felony charges that he committed lewd acts on 23 boys and girls, ages 6 to 10, between 2005 and 2010. The alleged acts occurred at Miramonte Elementary School where he taught for more than 30 years. He could face multiple life sentences if convicted.


Angry parents confronted school officials Wednesday, demanding to know why they weren't told for a year that Berndt was suspected of photographing children in class for sexual thrills.

more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57370260/report-l.a-teacher-complaints-go-back-to-1990/

[yurbud]

1. maybe he had good standardized test scores, which is all administrators are supposed to care about

these days.

[bemildred]

2. +1. nt