Background Check Shows Teacher Is Fugitive

A new Davidson County teacher failed a background check and will be returned to Maryland to face criminal charges.

Arlene Denetta Hudson, 42, of 2324 Copperstone Drive in High Point, had been hired as a teacher by Davidson County Schools. A subsequent check of her fingerprints by the State Bureau of Investigation turned up a warrant for her arrest in Maryland.

According to the Davidson County Sheriff's office, the Maryland State Police wanted Hudson in connection with a September 2005 larceny of a motor vehicle from a Toyota dealership in Westminster, Md.

Retroactive Background Check Requirements Could Result in Loss of Veteran Teachers

They may have taught in Southwest Florida schools for years, but a new law could mean a pink slip for veteran teachers.

Teachers, administrators and others now fall under the Ethics and Education Act, which was passed by the Legislature and went into effect July 1.

The new law requires retroactive checks of the criminal records of teachers and employees in contact with students daily, and bars from employment anyone with any felony conviction for a variety of specified crimes.

Prospective teachers face scrutiny, but is it enough?

Pantagraph.com | News | Prospective teachers face scrutiny, but is it enough?: "For many students, the bond they have with a teacher is second only to the relationship they have with their parents.

When that bond is shattered because a teacher is accused of sexual abuse, the consequences can be devastating for educators, the children and their families — and no school district is immune.

In a 2002 U.S. Department of Education report, Carol Shakeshaft, a Hofstra University professor and the report’s author, estimated 15 percent of all students will be sexually abused during their school career. The nationally recognized expert on educator sexual misconduct said the statistics point to a troubling conclusion: Sexual abuse by teachers is not a rare occurrence."