More Revelations about Dufault
Copihue said:
doulamomma said:
And The Village Green's Facebook page linked to the NYT yesterday.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
Just for the record, you are the one who characterized my comments as a conspiracy. That's your projection, not anything I said.
Doulamomma may have been the first to say it but everyone was thinking it.
Because events happen in tandem does not mean that there is a conspiracy theory behind it; doesn't mean there is causality. If you thought it, it was on you. I never even thought it.
Copihue said:
Because events happen in tandem does not mean that there is a conspiracy theory behind it; doesn't mean there is causality. If you thought it, it was on you. I never even thought it.
Yeah well in the online world we make value judgements based on the online personalities. Your history here leads people to make assumptions.
My assumption is that I am being criticized, because I posted this article and opened a new thread on a topic that people want to bury. You, Eliz, were the one who got the second thread closed; you were outraged that The Maplewoodian had posted the police records of the arrest. Your innuendo is not doubt designed to get me to stop posting, but I am not the issue. I am simply a side show and a distraction from looking at what happened, when authorities knew about it and what they did or didn't do once they became aware of it.
Copihue said:
My assumption is that I am being criticized, because I posted this article and opened a new thread on a topic that people want to bury.
That's probably an incorrect assumption.
Copihue,
Is your beef with local media or local authorities? Your 7:18 post suggests that the local authorities are the issue. Earlier posts say the media. These are two very different entities.
Is your beef with local media or local authorities? Your 7:18 post suggests that the local authorities are the issue. Earlier posts say the media. These are two very different entities.
"A topic that people want to bury."
No, not a conspiracy theory here.
No, not a conspiracy theory here.
Evidently, the reporter used MOL as a source for some information on the local "discussion" and to find folks to speak with (I know this because I was contacted)...I guess there is no Copihue in the telephone book.
Oct 5, 2014 at 4:59pm Edited
copihue,
The Village Green was the first media outlet to report the story of Ms. Dufault's arrest. We have followed up with additional stories on the district's reaction and subsequent details that have come to light regarding the alleged crimes. We will continue to follow the story, including questioning the district and law enforcement, and post information when we verify it.
The Village Green was the first media outlet to report the story of Ms. Dufault's arrest. We have followed up with additional stories on the district's reaction and subsequent details that have come to light regarding the alleged crimes. We will continue to follow the story, including questioning the district and law enforcement, and post information when we verify it.
I hadn't seen the NYT article and found it interesting - more so because of what it says about the role of social media. I've become interested in how social media impacts our lives in many different ways, such as the social interactions amongst adolescents (just started an interesting book called "It's Complicated") as well as it's potential in advocacy work. There was a case in Parsippany last year where a teacher sent naked pix to a student and near every student in the school received it. That couldn't have happened 10 years ago.
Oct 6, 2014 at 2:46pm Edited
Copihue said:
According to the article the school knew of this teacher in the spring, what did they do? From what has been reported in this article they left it up to the students and the teacher to handle it.
That is not what the article reported. It states: "...Kate McCaffrey, the mother of a Columbia High School student here who alerted school officials last spring when she heard that the teacher arrested in September, Nicole Dufault, had sent naked pictures of herself to a student on Snapchat." The article is actually silent on what the school admin did or did not do in response to her complaint, not that "they left it up to the students and the teacher to handle it."
The article's peculiar silence on that matter leads me to believe that the above sentence is actually referring to Ms. McCaffrey's June reporting of the Snapchat video incident, and not to a separate incident earlier. I have seen sloppier journalism than this in the NYTimes. If this were the case, then the school admin did what they were supposed to do in June: promptly report the incident to the police.
bobk said:
She made bail on the 17th and is now free.
That's fine. I don't think she is much of a threat to anybody.
A review of steps taken by the administration would go a long way towards clearing up who knew what when and what they did about it, but sufficient to say the school system is going to be sued and I am sure outside council has instructed all involved to keep their yaps shut till the deposition.
There was a school district at the shore in the last year or so that saw their principal (or vice?) arrested after an unfounded investigation simply because she did not report the incident to law enforcement the way the law demands within the proscribed timeframe and then went back and tried to have her email scrubbed to cover her tracks.
I think she was acquitted but administrators know this is a high-stakes business and a big part of the skin in the game is their own.
So patience. All will become known in due time.
There was a school district at the shore in the last year or so that saw their principal (or vice?) arrested after an unfounded investigation simply because she did not report the incident to law enforcement the way the law demands within the proscribed timeframe and then went back and tried to have her email scrubbed to cover her tracks.
I think she was acquitted but administrators know this is a high-stakes business and a big part of the skin in the game is their own.
So patience. All will become known in due time.
exmwr said:
Who would be on the hook for the settlement ?
Insurance company would certainly get the biggest hit.
Copihue said:
Thus far we've heard much opprobrium on the teacher, and the board of education and the school have answered no questions. According to the article the school knew of this teacher in the spring, what did they do? From what has been reported in this article they left it up to the students and the teacher to handle it.
And what happened to the local press' responsibility to inquire about important issues to this community? Once again they leave it up to the public to do the work. Puff stories about real estate open houses is what we get from our journalists. I'm sure that investigating this story does not do anything positive to the only industry in town: selling real estate. Killing the story, as it has been shunted on this board twice already, is the right way to approach it.
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Ah, the endless circle. School district personnel actions that, in many cases, affect us or our children cannot be made public. At least when the administration files a complaint against a teacher that is reviewed by an administrative law judge, the findings of the judge become public record.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Substitute-Teacher-Sued-After-Alleged-Sex-With-Student-Symone-Green-Options-280688012.html
"D.C. Student's Family Sues for $11 Million After Alleged Sex With Teacher"
oh boy.
"D.C. Student's Family Sues for $11 Million After Alleged Sex With Teacher"
oh boy.
tjohn said:
How do you determine damages in a case like this?
Must..... Maintain..... Control... Must.....be......a grown up.....take.....highroad
http://joestrupp.blogspot.com/2015/02/chs-teacher-accused-of-sex-with.html
donnieo said:
http://joestrupp.blogspot.com/2015/02/chs-teacher-accused-of-sex-with.html
From the Essex County Prosecutor's Office -
TITLE:
Maplewood Teacher Indicted for Sexually Assaulting Boys
DATE: 2/17/2015
DEFENDANT(s):
Nicole Dufault
CATEGORY:
Child Endangerment, Sexual Assault
Feb. 17, 2015
Maplewood Teacher Indicted for Sexually Assaulting 6 Boys
Newark – Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced today that an Essex County Grand Jury has indicted Maplewood school teacher Nicole DuFault, 35, of Caldwell on 40 counts of aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child for engaging in sex acts with six male victims.
On Sept. 17, 2014, DuFault, a Columbia High School teacher, was arrested and charged with engaging in sex acts with five male students. By the time the case was presented to the grand jury, a sixth victim was identified. All of the boys were between 14 and 15 years old at the time of the incidents.
The indictment accuses DuFault of engaging in sexual activity with all six boys on multiple occasions between 2013 and 2014, according to Assistant Prosecutor Gina Iosim, who is handling the case. Some of the sex acts occurred on school property and in her car.
DuFault has been a language arts teacher at Columbia High School for nine years. The divorced mother of two young sons is originally from Bloomfield. Prior to coming to Columbia High School she taught at several other public schools in Passaic and Bergen counties.
DuFault remains free on $500,000 bail. She is scheduled to appear in court on March 6, at 9 am before the Honorable Michael L. Ravin, Judge of the Superior Court.
These are accusations. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until they enter a guilty plea or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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