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Teacher Student Sex Case

Monday, February 11, 2013

Triton Teachers Plead Guilty, Face 30 Days Jail or House Arrest

Jeffrey P. Logandro and Daniel R. Michielli pleaded guilty Monday to third-degree conspiracy to commit official misconduct.

CAMDEN—Two Triton Regional High School teachers will possibly serve just 30 days under house arrest after entering guilty pleas Monday afternoon in connection with a teacher-student sex scandal that rocked the Runnemede school last fall. The two men—Jeffrey P. Logandro, 32, and Daniel R. Michielli, 27—also forfeited their ability to teach, or hold any public position, in New Jersey with the guilty pleas they entered before Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Brown Jr. Sentencing for both men is scheduled for March 15. Taking the five teachers and administrators charged in the scandal out of New Jersey's public schools has been authorities' goal since the probe, which began last summer, started mounting evidence against them, Camden County …

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DevilMayhem666

5:18 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Why? Exactly? 16 is the Age of Consent.   more ›

'Foundation Jeopardized:' School District Responds to Guilty Pleas

Black Horse Pike Regional School District Superintendent John Golden pens a letter to parents assuring them of the district's commitment to students' safety.

  Black Horse Pike Regional School District released a letter to parents Monday, vowing to maintain the "highest standards" for its employees after three pleaded guilty to charges in a teacher-student sex case. Two Triton teachers, Jeffrey Logandro and Daniel Michielli, and principal Catherine DePaul pleaded guilty to various charges in the case Monday. All three were fired from their positions as part of the plea deal.  Another teacher, Nicholas Martinelli, and vice principal Jernee Kollock face pending charges.  In a letter sent to parents, Superintendent John Golden wrote in part: The Black Horse Pike Regional School District and Triton Regional High School community will remain dedicated and resolute in our belief that all students …

Charles

11:03 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

BHPR: Keep trying to maintain the highest standards of conduct and commitment for the students. Your efforts ARE appreciated by some of us.   more ›

Triton Teachers Plead Guilty to Sex Scandal Charges

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 …

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DevilMayhem666

10:54 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013

Because the students were above the age of consent. It seems fair to me.   more ›

Alleged Triton Sex Scandal Defendants Due in Court

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 …

Schu

7:21 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013

Either way, we the GT taxpayers are the losers.   more ›

Friday, November 16, 2012

Mackie Introduced as Triton Interim Principal

The Black Horse Pike Regional School District Board of Education introduces Daniel Mackie as Triton's interim principal during its meeting Thursday.

Superintendent John Golden introduced Triton High School's interim principal to the community during the Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education meeting Thursday night. The board approved Daniel Mackie as Triton's interim principal during a special meeting on Nov. 5. Mackie's first day on the job will likely come next week, just before the short Thanksgiving break. He is still awaiting clearance from the state Department of Education following the completion of a background check. "It should be here any day now," he told Patch at the conclusion of Thursday's meeting, which was held in the Triton library. Mackie, a Gloucester Township resident, is to fill the void created when principal Catherine DePaul was …

Schu

1:44 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012

Good, being some sene of normalcy back to triton instead of the teachers acting like the students best friend.   more ›

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

BHPRSD Board Approves Mackie as Interim Triton Principal

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 …

Schu

8:29 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

What about the five teachers arrests for being perverts?   more ›

Monday, November 5, 2012

BHPRSD Picks Daniel Mackie as Triton's Interim Principal

The Black Horse Pike Regional school board meets today at 4:30 p.m.

The Black Horse Pike Regional School District (BHPRSD) Board of Education is expected to approve Daniel Mackie as Triton Regional High School's interim principal at a special meeting this afternoon. The board last week called the meeting for 4:30 p.m. today at the district's Erial Road office building. Superintendnet John Golden said this morning he expects the board will approve a committee's selection of Mackie, who last served as interim principal at Lindenwold Middle School. The committee consisted of four board members, Triton stakeholders, including three parents, and central office administrators, Golden said. Triton principal Catherine DePaul has been suspended with pay since Oct. 3, one day before she was charged with covering up …

Friday, November 2, 2012

Black Horse Pike Board Calls Special Meeting

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 …

telepathy

11:15 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

I say start calling, emailing and sending letters to the Commissioner of Education. If he gets the message, then the teachers and administrators will too when he formally cancels their certificates and revokes their suspension (vacation) pay. No pay for play.   more ›

Friday, October 19, 2012

BHPRSD Board to Work with Administration on Triton Interim Principal Search

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…

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Hadenough

9:21 am on Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Schu - The five arrested - teachers, principle and vice principle are technically " STILL" employed !!!! They are still receiving a paycheck ... The board legally can't fire any of them until they are indicted or plead guilty which NONE have done yet. If they plead not guilty and move forward, if a grand jury finds them guilty, they automatically do at least 5 years in jail ! I hope they are …   more ›

Friday, October 12, 2012

BHPRSD Board Moves to Take Suspended Triton Educators' Pay

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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Bill Lemon

12:47 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013

I don't believe the student was coerced to change her testimony as much as her story was rewritten to fit what the administrators wanted to "spin". The whole thing was a mess and no-one but no-one had the guts to do what was right. Not the administrators, teachers, or those "poor tortured' students who were so taken advantage of and were in no possible way culpable for their own actions; such as …   more ›

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