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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
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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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COVID-19: Central Jersey School District Reports 23 New Coronavirus Cases COVID-19: Central Jersey School District Reports 23 New Coronavirus Cases
Covid-19: Central Jersey School District Reports 23 New Coronavirus Cases A Central Jersey school district has reported at least 23 new positive coronavirus cases in the past two weeks, officials said. The outbreak has prompted one school within the Middletown Township Public Schools to return to "all-remote" instruction, the district announced in a note to parents. Thompson Middle School, which has suffered nearly one-third of the district's new COVID-19 cases, returned to all-remote learning on Monday due to seven new positive cases, school district officials said. Thompson M.S. will remain closed to students and staff through Nov. 18, school officials said.&nb…

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by Jon Craig