Monday, February 11, 2013
Teachers Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli both entered pleas to a downgraded charge in court Monday in Camden. They'll be sentenced to short jail stays or house arrest next month.
Update, 6:20 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty, Face 30 Days Jail or House Arrest ------------------ Two Triton teachers and a principal implicated in either participating in or covering up relationships between the teachers and students entered guilty pleas today in Camden. Teachers Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli pleaded guilty to one third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct. They'll be sentenced March 15 and both face a 30-day jail sentence served in county jail, at home or through another jail program. The state did not object to home electronic monitoring in lieu of jail. Suspended Triton principal Catherine DePaul also pleaded guilty to a disorderly persons offense for failure to report to law enforcement …
Some of the defendants in the Triton teacher-student sex case are expected in court Monday.
Update, 6:20 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty, Face 30 Days Jail or House Arrest ------------------ Update, 3:30 p.m.: Triton Teachers Plead Guilty to Sex Scandal Charges. ------------------ At least some of the five teachers and administrators charged in the Triton teacher-student sex scandal are expected in court today. Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin sent out a short note saying there's a status conference hearing at 2 p.m. in the Camden County Courthouse in Camden. Laughlin did not elaborate, but did note some of the defendants may attend the hearing. Three Triton Regional High School teachers and two administrators are suspended with pay after the scandal broke in October 2012. Teachers Jeffrey Logandro …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Daniel Mackie takes over as Triton interim principal next week.
The Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education voted Monday afternoon to approve Daniel Mackie as Triton Regional High School's interim principal. Mackie is a 1966 Triton graduate. The veteran educator is expected to report to the Runnemede school Wednesday afternoon for a teachers' in-service day, when he will meet with administrative staff and supervisors, BHPRSD Superintendent John Golden said during Monday's meeting. Mackie, a Gloucester Township resident who last served as interim vice principal at Lindenwold Middle School earlier this year, will likely work his first full day at Triton the middle of next week. Triton principal Catherine DePaul has been suspended since Oct. 3, one day before she was charged …
Friday, November 2, 2012
It is expected the board will hire an interim principal for Triton High School.
Black Horse Pike Regional School District Board of Education has called a special meeting for Monday afternoon during which it is expected Triton Regional High School's interim principal will be hired. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. It will be held at the regional school district's Erial Road administrative office. Principal Catherine DePaul was suspended with pay in early October, one day before she was charged with covering up information regarding inappropriate relationships between Triton teachers and now-former students during the 2011-12 school year. Three teachers and a second administrator have also been charged in the sex scandal. "The meeting Monday is related to the hiring of an interim principal at Triton High …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The board votes Thursday to temporarily suspend a policy that would keep it out of the Triton interim principal search.
Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education members will have a say in who fills Catherine DePaul's shoes as interim Triton principal while the longtime administrator serves an indefinite suspension for allegedly covering up inappropriate teacher-student relationships. The board voted Thursday night during its meeting at Timber Creek Regional High School to temporarily suspend a district policy that dictates the board not be involved in the interview process for certificated staff members except for the positions of assistant superintendent and business administrator/board secretary. "For the purpose of assessing interim principal candidates for Triton High School, the BOE will suspend (the policy) temporarily, or…
Friday, October 12, 2012
Only a handful of residents direct anger at the Black Horse Pike school board and administration in the wake of the Triton High School sex scandal, while others defend the Runnemede school.
The Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education on Thursday night unanimously authorized district administrators to stop paying five Triton Regional High School educators suspended in a teacher-student sex case as soon as possible and without requiring further board action. The five educators charged in the sex scandal—teachers Jeffrey Logandro, 32, Nicholas Martinelli, 28, and Daniel Michielli, 27, and administrators Catherine DePaul, 55, and Jernee Kollock, 39—currently are suspended with pay. Under New Jersey state law, school districts can only take away suspended educators' paychecks when they have been indicted on criminal charges, tenure charges seeking their termination have been filed, or the state has …
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
State law is on the side of the five suspended Triton teachers and administrators as it relates to their incomes.
While the employment statuses of the five educators charged in the Triton Regional High School sex case likely won't be decided for several months, if not longer, many in the community have questioned whether the three teachers and two administrators are drawing paychecks while they're suspended. The short answer: Probably, but not for much longer. A certificated school staff member can only be suspended without pay if they've been indicted on criminal charges or if tenure charges have been filed by his or her school board, according to New Jersey law. The Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education meets Thursday night for the first time since the charges against its Triton faculty members were filed and …
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Braithwaite Communications, of Philadelphia, handles media inquiries in wake of Camden County Prosecutor's Office announcement of five educators' arrests.
SOUTHERN NJ -- Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) has hired a Philadelphia public relations firm in the wake of a sex scandal at Triton Regional High School that saw three teachers and two administrators arrested Thursday. The district hired Braithwaite Communications on Thursday to handle the "media barrage" it anticipated following Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk's announcement of the educators' arrests, Braithwaite account supervisor Sarah Lindsay said. The terms of the agreement are not known at this time. Three Triton teachers—Jeffrey Logandro, 32, Nicholas Martinelli, 28, and Daniel Michielli, 27—are charged with having sexual contact with now-former students during the 2011-12 school year. According to …
Friday, October 5, 2012
Three Triton teachers and two administrators face charges of official misconduct in the teacher-student sex scandal.
Three Triton Regional High School teachers allegedly carried on sexual relationship with now-former students while two administrators covered up the reported sex crimes, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday. The teachers—Jeffrey Logandro, Nicholas Martinelli and Daniel Michielli—were placed on administrative leave at separate times in the investigation late this summer and earlier in the school year. Logandro, of Deptford, and Michielli, of Blackwood, are charged with a number of sex crimes for alleged contact with underaged victims. Martinelli, of Cherry Hill, has only been charged with official misconduct at this point, as his alleged victim was 18 at the time. Also charged in connection with the prosecutor's office …
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
Triton students chant “free Martinelli!” after learning that three teachers are charged with engaging in sexual acts with students.
As Triton Regional High School students learned today that the rumors swirling around the halls for months resulted in criminal charges, several expressed their dismay over allegations teachers had sexual contact with minors and administrators covered it up. The mood was mixed outside of Triton Thursday, as some students left school chanting “free Martinelli!” Others said they were disappointed that popular teachers allegedly engaged in the illegal relationships. Math teachers Jeff Logandro and Daniel Michielli and gym teacher Nicholas Martinelli all face charges of having sexual relationships with students. Two administrators—principal Catherine DePaulo and vice principal Jernee Kollock—are charged with allegedly helping to hide the …
DevilMayhem666
10:54 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Because the students were above the age of consent. It seems fair to me. more ›