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    .....some school employee unions fought Michigans new Student Safety Initiative, which mandates criminal background checks of school employees;


    A statewide criminal background check of some 200,000 school employees revealed that 66 teachers and 399 other school employees are felons. Eleven more had sex-related convictions.

    Under new laws to protect children, those 11 employees -- three of whom are teachers -- will be fired immediately. The other felons can keep their jobs only if the school board and superintendent approve it in writing.
    Dr. Mordrid
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    An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

    I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

  • #2
    I can appreciate problem and am even appalled that 11 convicted sex offenders are teachers. (define sex offender please for those of us not in the US)

    Though I fully agree with the article regarding the 465 with felony convictions, people change. I just hope this doesn't bring about a witch hunt.
    Juu nin to iro


    English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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    • #3
      Sex offenders range from offences like statutory rape (legal = 16 in Michigan) all the way up to rape-homicide....basically your sex related "Law & Order SVU" crimes. All get put on Michigans Sex Offender Registry website for all to see.

      Dr. Mordrid
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      An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications.

      I carry a gun because I can't throw a rock 1,250 fps

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      • #4
        The figure is remarkably good. I'm sure that if you took 200,000 unscreened persons at random, you would find more than 0.23% would be convicted felons and more than 0.0055% had been found out in sexual shenanigans (not necessarily involving minors, which is all that should matter).

        In fact, these figures are so low, I don't even believe them! If you extrapolate the sexual offenders to the whole population of Michigan, you would get ~550 names on the list. One web site states there were over 32,000 registered sexual offenders in Mi in 2003!

        There's something wrong somewhere.
        Brian (the devil incarnate)

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