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Should a Teen Sexual Predator Be Allowed Back in School?
Monday, Aug. 31 2009 @ 11:14AM
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| Would you want a sexual predator going to school with your daughter? |
At age 14, Nick was convicted of raping a 13-year-old classmate. He's since been designated a sexual predator. But his Mom says Nick isn't a run-of-the-mill creep. He was sexually abused for years as a youngster. He's bipolar and suffers from post traumatic stress syndrome because of that abuse. To top it all off, he also suffers from mild autism, leaving the now 18-year-old with a mind of just 13. Mom also contends shrinks have decided he's no longer a threat to anyone.
"Talking to my son in private at night, you know he'll sit and cry and say 'mom why can't I be in school,'" she told WDNT-TV in Dayton. "I've been told point blank over the phone that no matter what he was, any registration of a sex offender cannot go to Springboro schools."
It's hard to blame Superintendent David Baker. He just can't allow someone with a predator designation on his campus, and he believes parents are "100 percent" behind him. Plus, he notes that nearby Wright State University can handle the kid's educational needs.
But Mom is still hoping for at least a trial period, say a 90-day test to see if Nick can handle a normal high school.
Which begs the question: Should the district have mercy on Nick, given his disabilities and all he's been through? Or would graciousness to one boy jeopardize the rest of the student body?
I feel for this mother, but the school cannot risk the well being and safety of other children by letting this kid back in school. She should be having him take cyber-school or some other alternative. There ARE alternative.
Posted 08/31/2009 at 12:03:56 PMI agree, he should not be allowed to attend high school.
Isn't he 18 anyway? That is too old for high school even for a "normal" child. I'm sure there are programs for special needs adults that he can attend.
Posted 08/31/2009 at 01:49:47 PMUgh, I get really annoyed when people put blame for serious things on mental illness'.
I have bipolar disorder...albeit, I've never been sexually abused but I have been relentlessly bullied/teased/beaten by peers and I haven't gone murdering people.
There are other alternatives, as someone has already pointed out.
It's unfortunate for any parent to have a deviant child, but he is older than the regular high school age chronologically even if he's not mentally.
I don't know, I just think she's trying to make excuses. What's to say he won't do it again? But in that same token what's to say he will.
I don't know, I'm just a bit cynical that people change .
Posted 08/31/2009 at 07:49:08 PMI wonder how many "run of the mill creeps" filling our prisons can claim childhood sexual abuse, not to mention some form of depression, bipolar disorder, or other form of mental illness?
Frankly, I'm far more concerned about the post-traumatic stress inflicted upon Nick's victim than his desire to go back to school. Why should we believe he's somehow incapable of ever committing another such crime in the future?
Posted 08/31/2009 at 11:12:44 PMSpringboro is a well-heeled suburb of Dayton. This is not exactly a normal case, it's not being handled "normally." The victim is no longer in the school. It' a complex issue, but you wouldnlt think so from what you read here.
Posting this with this egregiously irresponsible headline and emotionally loaded photo and cutlne would not constitute journalism in the broadest sense of the word. The lack of ethics displayed by posting this story here is astounding.
Posted 08/31/2009 at 11:29:43 PMWelcome, Larkin. You are clearly new to TCR and perhaps crime blogs in general, where everything is black and white and sadistically punitive.
Posted 08/31/2009 at 11:43:47 PMSo what exactly is so egregious about it, Larkin?
Posted 09/01/2009 at 12:20:14 AMPete- There's nothing egregious about his article, with sex offenders in the headlines comitting crimes everyday, this story is justified.
His history of abuse, mental disorders and on top of all that being autistic is sad in deed, but he has been convicted of raping a 13 year old child, and is now a registered sexual predator,as he should be. With all his problems there should be some type of alternative school or special needs school available to him. He should not be allowed in a regular school as Deb stated in her post the school is doing the right thing, they can not risk the well being and safety of the other children to accomadate this one individual.
Posted 09/01/2009 at 03:00:06 AMIsn't that what home school is for? Where was poor mommy when he was abused? Doesn't anybody protect there children anymore? If he showed up in my kids school, they would not be on roll call the next morning.
Posted 10/19/2009 at 03:32:55 PM