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Special Education Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student, Monmouth Prosecutor Says Special Education Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student, Monmouth Prosecutor Says
Special Education Teacher Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Student, Monmouth Prosecutor Says A special education teacher in Monmouth County was accused of sexually assaulting a student, authorities said. Allison Havemann-Niedrach, 43, of Jackson Township, was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault and second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago announced her arrest in a news release on Saturday, June 29.  Prosecutors said Havemann-Niedrach is a teacher at Freehold Intermediate School and according to her LinkedIn profile, she teaches special education in the borough's district. He…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Manheim School: Police Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Manheim School: Police
Teacher's Thumb Bitten Off At Manheim School: Police A teacher's thumb was bitten and severed partially off after an incident involving a student of IU13 Early Childhood and Special Education Services in Manheim, both the school and police told Daily Voice.  The school where the incident took is also known as IU13 or Central Education Center which "operates on behalf of the 22 public school districts in Lancaster and Lebanon counties," according to its website.  The biting incident happened in the morning on Thursday, April 18, according to statements both the police and the school sent to Daily Voice.  The school "staff resp…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Philadelphia Teacher, Levittown Mom Dies, 47 Philadelphia Teacher, Levittown Mom Dies, 47
Philadelphia Teacher, Levittown Mom Dies, 47 Nicole Larue Walsh, a longtime teacher in Philadelphia schools and a Levittown mother of three, passed unexpectedly on Tuesday, Jan. 16, loved ones said in her obituary. She was 47.  A lifelong Levittown resident, Walsh graduated from Neshaminy High School in 1994 before continuing her studies at Temple University, her obit says. She earned her master's in reading development from Holy Family College, family members wrote.  Walsh was a middle school special education teacher and began working in Philadelphia schools in 2009, according to her LinkedIn. Before that, she taught …

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by Mac Bullock
News
Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit
Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit The Teaneck school district confidentially paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former special education teacher who said she was fired after refusing the then-principal’s sexual advances, records show. Whittier Elementary School Principal Pedro H. Valdes III – now the principal of Teaneck High School -- engaged in “overly flirtatious” behavior that was “disturbing and intimidating at best," Grace Kenny charged in a sexual discrimination lawsuit. Rather than go to trial, district officials settled the case and agreed, along with Kenny, to keep the terms of the deal confidential. Set…

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by Jerry DeMarco