Teacher arrested for public lewdness, may keep job
A teacher from Elmira, New York has been arrested for public lewdness after he did some naughty things at a local rest stop:
Police say Chris A. Troncone, 40, of Lawrenceville, Pa., exposed himself, committed a lewd act and made obscene comments in the presence of a rest area attendant while inside the men’s room at the rest area. The attendant said at least one other person entered the rest room but left quickly while Troncone allegedly was engaged in the lewd behavior.
Troncone, who is a first-grade teacher at Diven Elementary School in Elmira, has been suspended pending the outcome of the police investigation, Elmira City School District spokesperson Kristin Butler said.
Gotta watch out at those rest areas and forest preserves! And yes, the teacher has been suspended, but his firing is not a sure thing even if he is found guilty:
Letters from Superintendent Dr. Raymond Bryant are being sent home with all Diven students Wednesday explaining that Troncone was arrested off of school property for an incident that did not involve children. The letter also says that administrators have no reason to believe Troncone has done anything in the classroom to cause concern.
And here we were chastising Utah for having to pass a law to get pervy teachers out of the classroom. Sorry, Dr. Bryant, but while we agree with you up to a point in terms of private sector jobs, Troncone’s unfettered access to children requires a person of the utmost character. Certain behaviors a teacher engages in off of school property absolutely reflects on their worthiness of being in the classroom (and lest you think we’re prudes, we don’t think, say, racy pics on MySpace is an actionable offense).
Information from: http://www.star-gazette.com/apps/pbcs.dl...
