A laboratory model former high school teacher has revoked his teaching certificate for a period of three years and if he is still teaching, we need to ethics training and consulting services for sexual harassment claims’ sending e-mails referencing alcohol, sex and movies for adult students.
The accusations against Mr. David Jones, who has taught for eight years, the model has arrived in October 2006.
However, the decision of the disciplinary Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board has not come in August 2007.
Since the tab Richmond know Jones’ resignation model, in November 2006, the newspaper has presented a number of issues Freedom of Information at the University Eastern Kentucky, the model and the State Standards Board, with a call for the Federal State Advocate General “S office.
Jones, received his Bachelor of Arts in 1973 and his Master of Arts degree in 1977 ECU, which had its own law in practice, Richmond Model, before joining in 1998.
The husband of the city of Richmond Cosby Commissioner Kay Jones, he had earlier served as a professor in the EKU - 1973 -79.
After maintaining publicly recordings, James Dantic, High School, director, the model Lab, received an anonymous telephone call, on October 18, 2006, indicating that Jones had inappropriate e-mails to High school students.
Dantic then to Information Bill Wesley, director of the Model, the EKUG informed Dean College of Education Bill Phillips, in the morning.
The statement has been reported, on October 19, 2006, Cheryl Harris, adviser EKU-University of Virginia and was Underwood, Director of the EKUG’s Equal Opportunity Office.
A study by the Equal Opportunity Office, and then was initiated and Dantic Jones and questioned.
In the interview, said Jones has never said any concerns or complaints to his attention about his interaction with students, according to notes during the meeting with the Equal Opportunity Office.
“Students ask me requests which do not require that their parents,” he was taken for granted.
Jones said students via e-mail and its tasks, and although his phone number, it had been given the names of students.
Dantic surveillance Jones, said he has never lived every amateur or unreasonable behaviour Jones.
He said Jones came to know her students, as it has for several years.
If Jones Dantic information on the charges, Jones “looked dismayed, apparently worried, felt his heart was herausgerissen him,” according to notes during Dantic interview.
The anonymous visitor asserts that the students ask Jones was in the e-mails: “If they want to have sex with their girlfriends,” recorded interview.
The students were uncomfortable to tell someone by e-mail, because Jones had rained, and she did not want that troubled him, Dantic, said the anonymous visitor said that.
EKU officials finally obtained documents anonymous complaint, including e-mail communications, those by Mr. Jones’ an e-mail account of two courses (at the time) High School, students, and some of these E - Mails reference to alcohol, sex and movies for adults. ”
Jones has been temporarily suspended, November 1, 2006, by all the duties and obligations of all other teachings, in conjunction with its position as an assistant professor of educational science up with Lab Model New denounced.
He then voluntarily from the school on November 9, 2006.
The recording took place, resignation and published shortly thereafter, a brief history on November 14, which states that an anonymous male faculty had resigned after an investigation into possible charges of sexual harassment. Then, the register is not a freedom of information request with the EKUG, unanswered, but deny information that indicates an investigation was underway.
In a letter dated December 4, 2006, Model Lab, the Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board said it was a disciplinary procedure against the accusations Jones is based on a report by Wesley. The Governing Council has asked outside copies of e-mails, contrary to the assertion of Jones.
In a response of the recording at the end of January 2007, with a general call to the Federal Government by the Office of the Advocate register recordings of Jones’, the newspaper said expect a decision, or before March 19, 2007.
The Committee examined information on the allegations, the same day, cited by the Attorney General, the letter - March 19, 2007 - and has sent a letter two days later to the notification Jones that the committee would hear the case , the Board of Directors and the prosecution could, if necessary, to continue to examine the costs of failure.