Parents call on St. Helens school board members to resign amid teacher sex abuse charges
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- Parents packed Wednesday's school board meeting following allegations that two teachers sexually abused multiple students for several years.
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“You can remove a parent but you can’t remove a teacher?” Beautifully put.
Yeah, she was proud of that line.
That parent isn't a union member. ..but it was till a good line.
I love the woman who said you can remove a parent but can't remove a teacher the exact words that came out of my mouth when she said that was amen sister.
That Woman should run for the Boards senior position, and lead a cleaning out of this Board of Education. The Parents need to boycott the school or schools, keeping their children home until that School Board resigns. Remember big things have small beginnings.
I dare you to silence me as a parent at a meeting and then act like you have any real authority
TRUTH
Google the therapist st Hellen’s Michele add the words 2 people arrested in the murder of a Portland women and tell me if they sent kids to her … the child abuser (she let her man abuse her umm minor as the after party.. they keep deleting this so im not typing all u need to be aware of.. ok go to my page type Michele
Every one of them should be forced to step down. All of them! Now!
Keep in ind, these board members are members of the community-who've been elected-by community members. And if replaced, it would be by other community members who'd wind up doing the same things; School boards are mandated to follow certain rules.
Google therapist Michele worden brosey and then make sure st hellens students know she is the one who helped …. Drive car for a murder note… they do not want you in the area to know this
1:37 I love that the townspeople booed this phony speech.
Yep! What a joke these Morons on that board are!
That "We've made statements" crap shortly after, as well....He looked like he wanted to roll his eyes. They lied and brushed real issues off, and now they want to give attitude on top of it? Ugh
GOOD ON THESE PARENTS! Don't let these boards just stare blankly with glassy eyes. Keep the pressure on them until they DO SOMETHING.
Thats leftists
@@Azazel2024 are you seriously politicizing the sexual abuse of children? This whole thing was disgusting. You are disgusting.
Why would they allow teachers to do that? They know they are doing that!
What happened to looking at their background? Background checks you know?
Why don't they do background checks anymore?
These teachers should have been removed immediately while being investigated. The school board needs to be voted out.
god this is shocking. I used to go to school here and never had I thought Stearns was doing this. whats crazy is that the school board DIDN'T remove him from students when the investigations began? why? shame on the school board for not protecting our students.
think he was molesting girls or boys?
Did you VOTE for trump?
Exactly, he should've been put on leave until the investigations were concluded, regardless of what the results would end up being. That he wasn't and now there's mounting evidence for those allegations is sickening
I think its heartwarming that the second person, the woman stood up for the man for speaking out when he was threaten to be kicked out.
The board members need to listen to the parents and the victims
The board members are creepers protecting creepers. They and that evile principal need prison. YEARS of complaints with copps doing nothing as usual FTp
All the parents need to sue all of them from the principal and up. Class action lawsuit!!
Class action lawsuit against Trump too
@@emsandfirepolice51cry baby cry! CRY!!
I get it, I agree, but when you sue the school. You’re suing yourself, the best course of action is against individuals, not the school system.
Agree
@@ryanlanderos6065 That really made Scott Farkus sound intelligent, too.
The teachers unions defend these criminals to the end.
This is one reason the Teachers Union needs to be dismantled!
I bet if it was one of the school board or administration kids that was abused something would have happened sooner. This just shows the lack of care and responsibility by people in the education system
Who says they don't do bad bad things to their own kids?
Why the hell hasn't the superintendent and school board members been arrested?? They should be arrested for aiding pedophiles. Which is a crime. Make me wonder if they are all grooms too?
And the poliice, as usual, being crims who do the same thing, did nothing for YEARS! FTP
Anyone who fails to protect children while under their watch or not, should not be allowed to EVER be around children again. These people are mandated reporters and they allowed that man to continue to teach while he was under investigation? I hope the hell these parents take this all the way to the highest court if need be. Every single one of those school board members, the superintendent, principal, teachers, administrators and whoever else involved needs to be forced to answer the questions that are being asked of them and they have to be fired. They shouldn't even have the choice of whether to resign or not. Not a single one of them showed any remorse or looked even remotely sorry for failing to protect the children in that school. In fact, their arrogance and self-righteousness is astounding. The asshole who banged the gavel and yelled that he'd have the guy who yelled removed if he had another outburst doesn't feel a damn bit guilty or sorry for his involvement in protecting a sexual predator. And how hypocritical of him..I'm glad that woman pointed out that he can have an angry parent removed but they can't remove a sexual predator from their school?
1000% Correct!!!! 😡🤯
Agreed! This is a pattern I'm seeing with school boards. Incredible arrogance, dismissive attitudes, treating parents with contempt and like peasants!
This isn’t a left or right issue, it’s an issue in general
Sue them.
THIS IS WHY I PULLED MY KIDS 🙌🏼
There's something very wrong going on in St. Helens. This is same town where a cheeringleading coach was also arrested for the same thing. And now 2 teachers.
That's rampant across leftist liberal Oregon. Your little troll job failed. Im surprised you didn't include your usual hateful anti white Bs . Maricas
There's some thing really wrong with you too
Brilliant! You figured out something wrong. It's All Schools. All Democrats.💯
@@kattycat3502stupid
@Azazel2024 Oh you're ok with this...psycho
Standard reply.. saftey of kids..
How many more kids ???
Choir teacher screams out creepy to me!
The board should be charged for hiding these teacher's
If you’re being investigated for sexual abuse you should be put on leave immediately until proven innocent. Why is this not the school policy?
Recall the entire school board. Very unacceptable and inappropriate behavior. They most likely knew of this abuse and did nothing.
The school should be shut down and the board arrested for allowing this to happen to children
No More Excuses. Stand Up For Victims and Survivors of Sexual Assaults Now. And Condemn all Cover Ups of Sexual Abuse Now. No More Brushing Them under The Rug.
If they knew and did nothing, they need to be fired. No excuses. Fired.
School Boards are elected, not hired, so they would have to be recalled.
Gross😮
Wow
All of the board members should be put in prison and never be allowed near a child again!!!!
2:26 i can answer that:
THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN.
Parents need to reclaim their authority and responsibility for their children.
We need to scrutinize everyone that wants a role of power in our schools and communities.
Truth NOW moves,from darkness to light.
They are all in on it.
Yep. Plus copps did nothing for YEARS despite complaints. FTP #DefundDismantleDiscaard
So if a parent wasn't upset or worried they'd be under CPS investigation in this police state but a child abuser was allowed to stay and do whatever he wants?
I've known several people who were SAd as children. To conflate the horror they went through with horny teenagers banging a teacher is vile, disgusting, and downright insane. Stop it.
That’s what you call a community together ❤
This is sickening. My mother in law taught kinder kollege in St Helens for 25 yrs..she had a waiting list...Miss you Elisie Zatterberg.
The absolute gall and audacity to sit his egg head a$$ up there and say that the school puts their students “safety and well-being first and foremost” while ACTIVELY letting a PEDO continue to teach and have access to his victims and more kids is repulsive. Quite frankly all of them should have been afraid to leave that building after that bc me , I’d be waiting in the shadows for them 🤷🏽♀️.
Thank the teachers Union for this folks.
Phoney bologna! 1:41 "...our first & foremost committment has always been the well-being and safety of our students". Well being and safety. Pathetic, and he had to read it. THE SAME scripted defense I have read/heard 1,000 times! If they knew there was an investigation about such serious allegations he should have been put on leave. Outrageously poor judgement, they should all resign!
8 years?!
The entire board should be indicted not resigning.
KEEP FIGHTING 👏💪👍
It sounds like your state prosecutor should investigate whether criminal charges should be leveled against board members for conspiracy to refuse to report.
Sometimes you have to take the law into your own hands.
Im in Glasgow Scotland and im telling all in that room ? Him Banging a gavel like hes a god?IS DANGEROUS SHAMEFUL MAN LIKE THE OTHERS, BIRD'S OF A FEATHER 🪶 FLOCK TO THE SAME PLACES
Under investigation the teacher should have been put on leave immediately finding out about said investigation
An investigation that po lice didn't start for YEARS until public awareness got to beg to continue the coverup. Home lives of copp's partners and kids well known to be horrific.
LAWSUIT! LAWSUIT! LAWSUIT!
The superintendent and principal knew about and should be fired
By allowing the teacher to continue us to teach while there is an ongoing investigation only allowed the activities to possibly continue and also allowed this “teacher” to possibly intimidate the victims. That’s a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Predators love power and protect other predators. Also, copps did nothing despite repeated complaints - need investigation and jail time for those crims too!
these school boards are more worried about being sued by these child predators then they are about keeping kids safe.
Predators protect predators. Plus, copps did nothing for YEARS until the story got beyond their ability to cover it up. FTP
Yes..everyone..fired! Resign.
This is disgraceful!!!! They do not care about the children. Time and time again they allow this shit to go on . Everyone buy the books like “I said no” when they are you g and teach them how to handle a situation like a teacher touching them or saying inappropriate things to them. Give your children the words when they are young so they will feel more empowered to tell a safe person. I would seriously unalive that dude. Hurting children where they are supposed to feel safe is messed up.😊
Where there are children, predators gather. The evile poliice need to be sued for covering up complaints and doing nothing for YEARS!
Collins was still subbing
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It’s unbelievable
If the well being is students then the teacher should be removed until there has been an investigation..principals always back the teachers over students in my experience
Threatening to remove a concerned parent from a meeting about how accused teachers were allowed to continue teaching …everyone is innocent until proven guilty but the school also has to protect the children and removing the teacher/teachers in question should have been done immediately..especially since multiple kids were accusing the teacher over a 2 year period …the school doesn’t want to be held accountable…they would rather it go away that to take accountability when really the only issue is that they kept the teachers ..hiring a teacher that decided to molest kids or manipulate older kids into some type of inappropriate relationship isn’t the fault of the school the..it’s impossible to “know” if someone is a pedophile ..we all think we would know but it that we’re the case it wouldn’t be such an issue.
Shame over sexual misconduct keeps it hidden which causes it to grow and grow and grow and remain mostly hidden…I know the Bible says not to speak of such things but it doesn’t mean to ignore such things …speak of it to shine light on it and I’m sure it can’t be ended but it shouldn’t be something that is happening all the time all over and hidden …the victim has a right to remain hidden and I feel awful for anyone wrongfully accused but there needs to be classes taught to children because not all parents feel comfortable speaking to there children about pedophilia ..they think is scares them or that a child shouldn’t hear of anything sexual in nature but that leaves the child unprepared completely…and the sex offenders goal is always to catch their victim of guard because when caught of guard and any unwanted sexual advance already causes a person to feel uncomfortable:caught of guard but it almost guarantees that they aren’t going to know how to respond which makes them feel responsible/guilty/ashamed which makes them embarrassed to tell anyone but when kids have been taught not once but many times they are more likely to react or to tell…they don’t believe the lies “tell and nobody will believe you”
People are more likely to believe what they hear first ..if a parent has already warned them they are more likely to believe that…and older kids sometimes do develop crushes on teachers and the teacher/adult acting on in it is inexcusable…that school board should be embarrassed for threatening to throw a parent out of a meeting concerning her child/children….
It’s sad to me how many safe spaces aren’t safe at all…preparing your child for thr world we live in isn’t stealing their innocence or childhoods it helps prevent it from being stolen by perverted adults who get off on defiling innocence….i wonder how many cases go unreported…I have a feeling the number would be astounding and depressing. God save the children 🙏
All the parents should hire an attorney and have a class action suit against the school board the superintendent and anybody else who was involved
There are more??? 😮😮🤯
How??? Two is a lot!
Im sorry but I have never been accused of misconduct with kids because I don't do that so if you have MULTIPLE kids accusing someone then that guy probably did what he is accused of..these schools dont give a damn about you peoples kids..they seem like they are running child abuse rings themselves and calling it a school
Go get PARENTS !!!!
This is the right use of these meetings. No banning books
RIght, keep the grooming books. Stupid.
😢 so sad..
No accountability!!!!! Why are these idiots still there??? They are complicit in this, absolutely reprehensible.
They're yelling at the School Board, but the Teachers' Union is part of the reason the Board has to tread carefully........everybody's enslaved to the Teachers' Unions. You can't throw any teacher out easily. If he's not convicted or charged with a crime by the police yet, then you're in a tight spot.
Sex crimes get treated different. They could have suspended them with pay or put them in a confined room during work hours. It's a very real thing called "teacher jail".
Nope. Their cowardice and predatory natures are showing. Plus, police ignored complaints for YEARS because they are up to the same. Research shows they are a gang of abusers and unalivers.
Colorado , its been occuring here also
Parents! Exercise your right to recall government officials! Use your power! Get that recall on your local ballott
How many board members were in cahoots with the offender.
Moved from that cesspool of leadership two years ago. I wrote a letter to our school board in Scappoose (The city next to it) because they had RECOMMENDED books that in the first few pages had a little girl trying to have s3x with a mermaid and then encouraged her to send racy photos to boys she liked. I'm all for our kids learning about their bodies, but not like that. You don't mess with people in that area, they aren't wussies like the Portland area, they will find you and do something.
In kanada, they call this grooming, "SOGI."
TWO TEACHERS AND NOW THE PRICIPAL !!!!!
A serious issue.
Put them all in prison as acommplices they knew
Cripes, it is just like Congress.
The combination of small community & union membership creates an adversarial relationship between the school/board & their students/school community; they will always protect their own members, even at the expense of the kids.
Dr. Wagner arrested! All that education & no common sense! Get rid of the school board!
If they won't resign, the parents have the final say in the matter with their vote. Vote them off the board. I'm sure there are plenty of people willing to fill those seats. And how the Hell is someone under investigation for this for 8 years without some kind of resolution? How is it that nobody knew he was under investigation? They also need to go after Director of the Or. Dept. of Education. What a shit-show.
Parents, all you take your children out, they won't get their "head count" money.
When you fear integrity and accountability, you are no longer the good guys.
When a police officer is under investigation he is put on leave why not a teacher
Is there a single PoC in that crowd? What the heck is that, a Sundown Town?
Actually - kinda yeah.. or it was 20 years ago when I was there last
I don't know what "Sundown Town" means, but this crowd looks to me like it is representative of St. Helens, Oregon.
Well that would explain a lot. Racists and preds overlap a lot.
You voted these monsters in!
They don't come with the "mark of the beast." Victim blamers are very sympathetic to abusers.
Unions ! It’s the main problem here and in our schools across the board .
Everybody on the school board should go to prison
Just one abuser? Naw. Check the school board. Poliice not doing sh*t for years!!!!
I think anyone charged with failure to report abuse that's a mandatory reporter shouldnt get bail
Co-defendants lining up for prosecutors. Silence created more victims. LET THAT SINK IN.....
They want jobs near your kids for what reasons??? And this town has an obesity problem...
Damn how the school be THAT stupid & the audacity to be THAT Indifferent to such serious accusations?
Wow
I hate to be the one to go against the grain here, but whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty“? Kids say a lot of things that aren’t true. If a teacher has been convicted of a crime, then they need to be removed and possibly put in prison. But if they’ve only been accused of the crime, they need to be removed from their position and continue to be paid until the issue is resolved. But maybe, just maybe, it’s an institutional problem. Maybe the idea of sending your kids to spend a lot of time with strange adults who you don’t really knowis just not such a great idea in the first place. Is it time to close the public school system?
Pull all funding from schools that break the rules
Time to look at other options... they don't care
NOT defending the actions of the teacher/coaches in question, but teacher's unions (most often) wouldn't allow any teacher to be fired or even suspended without formal-legal action-like an arrest.
Craxy how they write policies to protect even the worst predator - despite knowing how many become teachers just to get at kids! Prison for the board and principal and sue the damm copps for refusing to investigate for YEARS! FTP
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I will never understand how so many parents send their kids off to Caesar, then are shocked when the kids return as Romans.
Homeschool your kids!
The School Board is favoring the Teacher’s Union.
That one teacher in jail looks like ted cruz
Exactly because those people in the TH-cam comments are always projecting democrats harming children when they elected a man 2 out of 3 elections that said he wants to date his daughter if she wasn’t his and went into a dressing room into the teenage beauty pageon room.
Yes, certainly is because he is as bad as Matt Gaetz and the principal is a lot like Gym Jordan who covered up sexual abuse at Ohio state university while Engaging in Projecting every Sexual offense on to Drags and Undocumented Immigrant.
These are serious allegations
When these teachers go to jail, all they need to do is to come out as trans to enter a womens facility!! Do not forget this is trans friendly territory!!
Maybe Biden will pardon these predators!
Entitled blobs. Good on the parents being there!