Forget journals, and whatever else. I’m going to try to do something different. I suppose it will work and it will explain SOME of why I’m so depressed, upset, worried, but it won’t explain it all. How my son & family will probably lose their house because they can’t make the payments, how his 20 yr old son dropped out of college because he couldn’t study & went to work to help the family. That part of the story is lost in the shuffle. It is not sensational enough. There is so much more that it doesn’t tell. Am I bitter? You bet I am. Am I furious with the system? You bet I am. Do I want to run my mouth and tell people exactly what I think? You bet I do. I want them to come face to face and her tell him exactly what he did. That has never happened. Oh, I could go on & on, as I’m sure you all can tell. Just read the story, message me to talk or ask questions, neither of which do I have problems with. If I can’t talk about it I’ll tell you. But here is some of what I was trying to journal…
Halls teacher facing charge of statutory rape
Man looking at six counts of having sex at school with girl 13-18 years old
By Lola Alapo
Friday, April 18, 2008
Dehart
A suspended Halls High School teacher accused of having sex with a student at the school faces charges of statutory rape and sexual battery by an authority figure.
Corey DeHart, 43, faces six counts of multiple sex acts in a Knox County Grand Jury indictment.
The incidents occurred at the school between March 1 and April 30, 2007, according to the indictment released Thursday.
DeHart was indicted Tuesday. Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested DeHart, who is married, on Wednesday. He remains free on $50,000 bond.
The indictment doesn’t specify the girl’s age, sayingshe is between 13 and 18.
DeHart taught math at Halls until Sept. 19, when school officials placed him on paid leave after getting a complaint from the student. School officials changed that status to unpaid leave in December without explanation.
His status remains unchanged, Knox County Schools spokesman Russ Oaks said Thursday.
“He’s not been convicted of anything at this point,” he said. “Due process has to take place.”
Asked why an indictment took seven months to come forward, John Gill, special counsel to Knox County District Attorney General Randy Nichols, said there was an extensive investigation process, especially since it involved a government employee.
“We at one point asked for additional testing and information as related to the investigation,” he said, declining to elaborate. “Child abuse cases are almost all taken to grand jury,” Gill said. "You want to avoid putting the victim on the witness stand.
“Anytime you have a case that goes directly to the grand jury, we have to make sure we’re almost ready to go to trial.”
A personal statement in DeHart’s file, dated March 6, said he denied the allegations. He also said he had representation through the Tennessee Education Association/National Education Association and is “still awaiting the opportunity to request a hearing to resolve this matter.”
Calls to the Tennessee Education Association were not returned Thursday.
DeHart went to work in the Knox County school system in spring 1992 and resigned at the end of that semester to pursue other opportunities at a private school, according to his personnel file.
He reapplied to Knox County in 1998 and resumed as a resource teacher at Halls High School, his alma mater. He later became a math teacher. DeHart earned tenure in 2001, according to his personnel file.
DeHart holds a professional teaching license with endorsements to teach grades seven through 12 in mathematics, general science, biology, physics and earth science, according to the state Board of Education’s Web site. He also has an endorsement in special education for kindergarten through 12th grade. His license expires in 2019.
The state board requires superintendents to report whenever a teacher or administrator is suspended, dismissed or resigns.
Educators may have their licenses revoked for reasons that include conviction of a felony and conviction of drug offenses.
Rich Haglund, the state board’s general counsel, said Thursday that Knox County officials reported DeHart’s status change in December. At that point, state officials flagged his license. This means a red bar appears across the top of DeHart’s licensure page when superintendents take a look, Haglund said, “so they know, you hire at your own risk.”
Haglund said state officials will wait on court proceedings “and when that’s done, we’ll take action based on that.”
, the state board’s general counsel, said Thursday that Knox County officials reported DeHart’s status change in December. At that point, state officials flagged his license. This means a red bar appears across the top of DeHart’s licensure page when superintendents take a look, Haglund said, “so they know, you hire at your own risk.”
Haglund said state officials will wait on court proceedings “and when that’s done, we’ll take action based on that.”
18 years old
By Lola Alapo
So that’s our life right now. No support from my sister at all. My husband took it hard, but he’s a man and looks at things differently that women (aka mothers) do, so I can’t really talk to him about how I feel. Ergo, hello all my friends at CP. Bless you.