this hits close to home. My daughter's former teacher was arrested....

[demtenjeep]

A former East High School teacher and current Eudora teacher has been arrested in Wichita on suspicion of four counts of rape, two counts of indecent liberties with a child and one count of electronic solicitation of a child, records show.
Kurt M. Brundage, 32, now of Lawrence, was arrested Friday in the 1500 block of South George Washington Boulevard in Wichita, jail booking records show.

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2012/03/13/2253437/former-east-high-teacher-arrested.html#storylink=cpy

[Justice wanted]

1. Oh, my heart goes out to you and your daughter.

[MadHound]

2. Innocent until proven guilty

Looking at that article, there are a lot of things going on that aren't being said(like, since this wasn't involving students, who did it involve).

I would wait and see what further revelations come out, and what the trial brings.

[demtenjeep]

3. oh I know, but I also know that there were some things that were questionable

like she had to change teachers to proctor for and he had to stop coaching the girls track team.


She has been out of school for 3 years now so I am really not worried about her having to defend herself as a female, but I do wonder if she had to.


I also teach and when I have just boys in my classroom, I always leave the door open.

[MadHound]

4. As a guy, I always leave the door open,

No matter who is in the classroom. Guys in teaching walk a real tightrope when it comes to these things, and can get burned all too easily. That's why I'm more wait and see with this incident.

If he is guilty, then he needs to be given the full penalty of the law, and then let me beat the crap out of him for making my job still more difficult.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I ALWAYS leave my door open

And I tell new teachers to do the same.

I have a friend who spends time outside of school with her students. Really stupid idea.

[white_wolf]

14. I agree it is a stupid thing to do...

but part of me thinks it sucks that teachers can't be more involved in their students lives for fear of getting accused of stuff like this. Granted, I'm not a teacher so maybe even if this weren't an issue it would still be bad from a teaching standpoint, I don' know, just a thought that occurred to me as I read your post.

[lacrew]

5. Seems they have a text/e-mail or something similar

"....and one count of electronic solicitation of a child,"

If they have anything to back that up, its more than a 'he said/she said'.

[demtenjeep]

6. its really sad and makes me angry at the same time

if he was a creep, well I am horrified because he was a teacher that inspired a lot of students.

[Initech]

10. They can't reveal the names of the witnesses until after the trial.

It's standard procedure. My mom is an educator and has had to deal with abuse cases like this. It always sucks for all sides involved.

[demtenjeep]

7. I don't know whether to show her? Ask her if she ever felt wronged

or just leave it be and let her discover this on her own.


She insisted years ago that he did nothing wrong when he was removed from the track coach job. Said students just didn't like him because he wasn't a pushover on grades.


I just don't see how she can ignore this


I want to throw up

[hedgehog]

8. Years after the fact, we found out that our pastor

had been shifted to our parish as part of pedophile roulette. (This was around 1984 or so) He baptized at least one of my kids, maybe others as well. (I've never gone back to confirm the others.) It gives me the creeps.

[demtenjeep]

9. that is what I am feeling. In my heart I don't think anything towards my daughter was ever inapprop

but just to know how much contact there was ....

[cyberswede]

12. Our Jr. High basketball coach turned out to be a pedophile

As far as I know, he didn't ever touch any students - just had photos that he traced over and drew on in lewd and shockingly disturbing ways.

I never felt he was inappropriate while I was on the team, but in retrospect, it's kind of creepy. He would pat us on the back, put his arm around our shoulders in what seemed a fatherly way, etc. His wife was an elementary school teacher who remained in deep denial even after things became public.

We (as a society) put a lot of trust in those who interact with our children; it's awful when that trust turns out to be misplaced.

Edited to add: I'm sorry this is happening so close to you.

[emilyg]

13. Just had a case in Georgia.

[excuse not to write]

15. Yikes!

I hope you have spoken with your girl to make sure nothing happened to her.