Superintendent Reusche Blames State For Not Notifying District Of Lynnewood Teacher Arrest
By Sharon Devaney
Superintendent Maureen Reusche, at the Aug. 1 Haverford Township (Pa.) School Board meeting, blamed the state for failing to notify the district of the two arrests of Lynnewood 5th grade teacher Matthew Gagat for masturbating in public.
“The problem is a technical one,” she said she was told.
The district’s policy is for parents to contact the teacher about such concerns, and then the principal before contacting the central office, she said. However, the parents can contact the administration if they feel they are being ignored.
So, were they being ignored? Was the principal told? Why wouldn’t the principal contact the superintendent?
We hear that parents had been expressing concern about Gagat’s classroom behavior for some time.
Lets not forget that the administration defended High School Vice Principal Steven Quinn despite his posting uncomfortably suggestive photos of himself on Instagram.
Perhaps the school district should worry less about diversity and more about character and competence.
In other matters, a few residents continued to push for impractical solar panels at Chatham Park Elementary School.
They argued that state subsidies would make solar energy affordable.
Newsflash: State subsidies are tax money also.
Oh my word! Not one arrest, but TWO!
Crazy.
Don’t tell me he’s still employed?
I don’t think we had teachers like this back in my day! Thank goodness!