If we can put body-cameras on police officers why don't we have them in our children's public school classrooms?
It's not that crazy of an idea considering the unfortunate fact that most American parents have little to no idea of what actually takes place in their child's school each day. Many parents also have a very limited knowledge about their child's teachers.
Case in point: a teacher in Texas was just sentenced to 10 years after sending sexually explicit emails to an 8th-grader.
He was also interested in blood play.
Marc Sherman Allison, a former orchestra teacher at Cain Middle School in Rockwall, received the maximum sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to online solicitation of a minor.
He was also sentenced to 10 years of probation for indecency with a child and an improper relationship between an educator and student, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper said Allison was arrested in October 2019 after a student reported the emails.
She told investigators Allison also touched her breast while hugging her in class, bought her a sex toy, and even took syringes to the school in an attempt to “draw and drink her blood,” according to the district attorney’s office.
District officials put Allison on administrative leave and barred him from campuses following his arrest, the Dallas Morning News reported. They notified parents that school staffers learned in July 2019 about Allison’s “conduct that violated board policy,” the newspaper reported.
Allison pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal backed by the victim’s family. He’s also subject to an additional 20 years in prison if he fails to comply with terms of his probation, Culpepper’s office said.
Photo: Rockwall County Jail