when will we learn?

Sexual perverts, molesters, child predators, pedophiles; whatever title you put on them, they are still involved in the same thing-criminal behavior against a minor. And not only that, but a sexual crime usually in an institution held to be safe because of adult supervision, not a trap for illegal activity because of the adults! Please read this link about an article put out by the AP. If you have children, or even if you don't, please look into the policies of your state and your city on hiring and firing practices of teachers. We have an ethical responsibility to keep our children safe. Moreover, we have a collective responsibility to make sure all children of all families are safe by our practical application of justice in cases of sexual misconduct in schools.
"One report mandated by Congress estimated that as many as 4.5 million students, out of roughly 50 million in American schools, are subject to sexual misconduct by an employee of a school sometime between kindergarten and 12th grade. That figure includes verbal harassment that's sexual in nature."
How can these teachers be afforded a clean slate after abusing a child? How can they be shuffled around through a system that hands them a second chance- "Too often, problem teachers are allowed to leave quietly. That can mean future abuse for another student and another school district.
"They might deal with it internally, suspending the person or having the person move on. So their license is never investigated," says Charol Shakeshaft, a leading expert in teacher sex abuse who heads the educational leadership department at Virginia Commonwealth University.
It's a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames — "passing the trash" or the "mobile
molester."
I know of several cases in my own life, from friends or acquaintances, of sexual misconduct by a teacher or educator. Now that I have 2 children of my own, I worry about their safety in...school. I don't want to become a reactionary, basing my emotions and decisions solely on AP bulletins or the latest crap on 20/20, but I also know that there is a real issue out there. One that needs to be kept alive in our thoughts and in our vigilance towards keeping our children and the children of others safe.
Please check out the school your child is enrolled in. Become involved as much as you can, and stay involved for as long as you can. The education of our children is not the sole responsibility of the system. It falls on all our shoulders to watch on all levels, the micro, the mid and the macro, and make sure we are creating a safe environment for our kids.