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
Three Triton teachers are charged with engaging in sexual activity with former students, and two administrators, including Principal Catherine DePaul, with not reporting what they knew.
Editor's note: For a fuller version of this story, read Prosecutor: 'Moral, Ethical and Legal Failures' in Triton Sex Case. Three Triton Regional High School teachers have been charged with having sexual relationships with now-former students, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office announced Thursday. The teachers—Jeffrey Logandro, Nicholas Martinelli and Daniel Michielli—have been placed on administrative leave. Logandro, of Deptford, and Michielli, of Blackwood, are charged with a number of sex crimes for contact with alleged underaged victims. Martinelli, of Cherry Hill, has only been charged with official misconduct, as his alleged victim was 18 at the time. Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk noted the investigation is ongoing…
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Patch learns authorities are investigating alleged teacher misconduct involving now-former Triton Regional High School students.
Editor's note: For all of Gloucester Township Patch's coverage on this case, visit Triton Teacher-Student Sex Scandal. ---------- UPDATE, 5:05 p.m., 10/4: Students give their reaction at ‘Shocked, ‘Astonished’ Triton Students React to Sex Scandal ---------- UPDATE, 4:10 p.m., 10/4: The full story is available at Triton Teachers, Administrators Charged in Sex Scandal. ---------- UPDATE, 12:56 p.m., 10/4: The Camden County Prosecutor's Office has called a 3 p.m. press conference to announce the arrests of three teachers and two administrators from Triton Regional High School. Action News 6ABC.com reports principal Cathy DePaul is among the administrators charged in connection with the probe, which centers around three teachers' "sexual …
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11:51 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
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. more ›