Mark Berndt, California teacher accused of lewd conduct, scheduled to be arraigned today

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February 21, 2012 9:02 AM

Mark Berndt, California teacher accused of lewd conduct, scheduled to be arraigned today

(AP) LOS ANGLES - <snip>

Mark Berndt, 61, will be arraigned on charges of committing lewd acts against 23 children ages 6 to 10, from 2005 to 2010.

Berndt, who has not yet entered a plea, has been behind bars since his arrest on Jan. 31 and is being held on $23 million bail. He allegedly photographing blindfolded and bound students with semen-filled spoons held at their mouths and three-inch cockroaches crawling across their faces, among other bizarre images, reports CNN.

After Berndt's arrest, his colleague, third-grade teacher Martin Springer, 49, was also arrested and charged with three felony counts of committing lewd acts upon a child. Springer has pleaded not guilty.

According to CNN, Berndt and Springer's arrests prompted the school board to shutter Miramonte for two days, during which it reconstituted the entire staff.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57381607-504083/mark-berndt-california-teacher-accused-of-lewd-conduct-scheduled-to-be-arraigned-today/?tag=stack


Reconstituted the entire staff?

:wtf:


How widespread was this?

And in two days they first found out that the entire staff had to be reconstituted and got that done?

Talk about a news stories that raises more questions than it answers.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Over-reaction by superintendent, perhaps, but the teacher was feeding students his sperm...

...on cookies, kids aged 6 to 10.

sick puppy...

[No Elephants]

2. I agree he was very sick, but there must be more to the story that explains the

"reconstituting" of the entire staff.