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$50M Suit Says Central Jersey Teacher Sexually Abused Teen Student $50M Suit Says Central Jersey Teacher Sexually Abused Teen Student
$50M Suit Says Central Jersey Teacher Sexually Abused Teen Student A Central Jersey school district is facing a $50 million suit from a man claiming his middle school teacher groomed and sexually abused him in the 1990s, according to multiple news reports. The 40-year-old Holmdel man in court papers said that a female language arts teacher at Thompson Middle School engaged in lewd and inappropriate conduct and/or sexual abuse/assault when he was between ages 13 and 16, NJ Advance Media reports. The man claims the teacher began grooming him when he was 13 by “touching his knees” and acting more like his friend than his teacher, and later invited h…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
COVID-19: Middletown Closes Another School Due To Spike In Coronavirus Symptoms COVID-19: Middletown Closes Another School Due To Spike In Coronavirus Symptoms
Covid-19: Middletown Closes Another School Due To Spike In Coronavirus Symptoms Middletown Township is temporarily closing one of its elementary schools due to more students experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, officials said. Bayview Elementary School returned to all-remote instruction on Thursday and Friday as a "second wave" of coronavirus was being reported statewide. On Wednesday, Superintendent Mary Ellen Walker said,  "While there were no new notifications of positive laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases today, there is a rising number of individuals, across grades and cohorts, who are symptomatic" "While we wait for the results of the COVID-19…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
COVID-19: Middletown School District Reports Another Positive Case, At New Monmouth Elementary COVID-19: Middletown School District Reports Another Positive Case, At New Monmouth Elementary
Covid-19: Middletown School District Reports Another Positive Case, At New Monmouth Elementary The second positive case of coronavirus at a Middletown Township elementary school was reported on Sunday, officials announced. New Monmouth Elementary School returned to all-virtual learning on Monday for at least three days, the school district announced. In a school district note to parents, and on Twitter, Middletown Superintendent Mary Ellen Walker the latest elementary school case. "Please be advised that an individual in New Monmouth Elementary School has tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is the second laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in New Monmouth…

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by Jon Craig