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for ignoring the sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl. The abuse was committed by the teacher's husband.

According to the PA Code, Corinne Hertzog was a mandatory reporter, she was required to report the abuse.

Good thing when she is done her six months probation, her record will be expunged, totally clean. According

to the article linked above, Hertzog is hoping to teach again.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A former school crossing guard in northeastern Pennsylvania has been sentenced to 230 to 460 years in prison for sex crimes against children.

Columbia County prosecutors say 61-year-old Dale Hutchings, of Berwick, molested children hundreds of times between 1998 and 2007. Police say all the victims were under 13 when the attacks began.

Hutchings worked as a crossing guard near Orange Street Elementary School in Berwick, a little over 90 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Police began investigating him in 2007. Court papers say an 11-year-old girl accused him of putting his hand down her pants as she made breakfast at his house. Police were led to other victims who also said they were molested.

Hutchings was sentenced Thursday. A message seeking comment from defense lawyer Hugh Sumner was not immediately returned.

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He gets 10 years probabtion for molesting numerous students during school. Interesting-how during the

Now the prosecutor, Sean McCormack, states that Calnon doesn't even have to register as a sex offender because "his offenses don't meet those guidelines"

There's no mention that Calnon also worked with kids as a youth group leader. Did the prosecutor look into the possibility that there may be more victims?

Exit question why was the judge, Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover so lenient on this predator masquerading as a teacher?

The Foreign Exchange Program has been under the microscope because of the countless sexual assaults that have been committed on students in the program. It's a well documented problem of pedophiles infiltrating the program and "ordering up" the child of their choice to prey upon. Read the accounts linked below. Hat Tip DB

Wichita-area former teacher sentenced to 13 years in prison for sex crimes

Is WV Part Of A National Pedophile Network Exploiting Exchange Students?

WV State Police Investigate Former Principal

Committee for Safety of Foreign Exchange Students

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818 children report being beaten and battered in the Chicago Public School system.

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According to this report conducted by CBS 2 News of Chicago

"If someone hits a student, they are going to be fired. It's very, very simple," [Arne] Duncan said.

Before heading to Washington [Duncan is now the U.S. Secretary of Education], he vowed to take action.

"Any founded allegation where an adult is hitting a child, hitting a student - they're going to be gone," Duncan said.

But that's not what happened under Duncan's watch. Of the 568 verified cases, only 24 led to termination. Records show one teacher who quote "battered students for several years" was simply given a "warning" by the Board of Education.

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