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SD Junior Theatre teacher going to prison
By "student half his age", you meant to say "adult employee and co-worker". Call me crazy, but I think people need to learn about not having sex with minors a little earlier than adulthood. Why are you expecting a struggling non-profit to "train" teachers about statutory rape? Do they also need to train teachers to wash their hands after pooping? Is Junior Theatre the place Metzke should have learned that sex with minors is not okay? Where should the rest of society be learning this, if JT IS responsible for such a thing? I'm willing to bet that there is a clause somewhere in their contracts for employment that addresses such an obvious conflict.— June 24, 2017 2:40 p.m.
SD Junior Theatre teacher going to prison
Try out this scenario: What if the board actually did fire employees due to misconduct, but the misconduct was in fact from the two people they fired, and not the executive director? And then because the two who were fired happened to be so beloved by the community, that self-righteous parents demanded answers and got angry when they didn't receive answers? Why wouldn't the board give answers? To protect the fired employees from being tarnished in the community for their misconduct. What if you're all barking up the wrong tree? And then what if none of that had any relation to the illicit actions of the very part-time independent contractor that this article is actually about?— June 24, 2017 2:30 p.m.
SD Junior Theatre teacher going to prison
Absolutely true about mandated reporting. Therefore, could you please link us to the resource stating that the executive director did NOT report the illegal interactions between Metzke and the underage girl?— June 24, 2017 2:10 p.m.
SD Junior Theatre teacher going to prison
Yeah so this is actually totally inaccurate. The "second girl" was 18. You're propagating false information.— June 24, 2017 2:05 p.m.
SD Junior Theatre teacher going to prison
Hey guys there is a lot of hearsay flying around this comments thread. Some things being written are highly inaccurate. When I was around JT quite some years ago, there was an incident that could have been easily swept under the rug, but it was dealt with appropriately by the board and then-executive director. Having checked in on the "internals" of the organization peripherally since then, I can say that the leadership's integrity of character I knew back then has been maintained through successive generations. And there is nothing beyond circumstantial evidence to suggest that the current board and director somehow are in cahoots... and to do what exactly? If you look hard enough at any complex organization, there is a seeming-conspiracy ready to be found. Admittedly, there have been some other recent circumstances handled in poor fashion by said leadership. But those are not related to this. And do you truly believe that these members of the community who represent one of the demonstrably most-impactful youth organizations in the U.S. are all conspiring to cover up child-abuse? Theatre teachers are easily come by and have a high turnover, and production directors are often used only once or twice anyway. What would JT have gained by harboring this teacher's actions? I'm not saying the organization is without its issues. But it seems unfair to lambast them and their mission to improve the lives of youth, with your likely misunderstanding of circumstances, even as personal as it all must feel. You all know what self-affirming experiences they have been able to accomplish for their students in the past. Would you instead help get them back to prospering for the kids, and help keep bad things from happening by getting involved again? You've still got power in this.— June 23, 2017 12:46 a.m.