What do you think should be his punishment?

Isn’t it a little early to be passing judgment on him? Note that “An investigation does not mean that any thing improper has occurred”.

Not only that, define ‘improper’. Sexually inappropriate is the first thing that comes to mind, but it may not be that at all.

Our JV girls basketball coach was caught doing that. He was suspended during the investigation, which began because a female student complained, and then he was fired when the investigation revealed that he had indeed sent sexually explicit messages to female students who were under the age of 18. He went out of town for a few months, moved back, and the next year was arrested for having drilled a peep hole into a female neighbor’s apartment. He is now in jail.

We don’t know yet whether this assistant principal has actually done anything inappropriate. Once the investigation is concluded, if he has been shown to have sent “improper text messages” as defined by the school board, he would most likely be fired.

Would you want someone who crossed the line of propriety with your female child to remain in a teaching position? OTOH, would you want to sentence someone without a trial of his peers?

Presumption of innocence until proven guilty is the law of the land, and we don’t punish people prior to their conviction. Inappropriate messages could also have been derisive comments about faculty members, personal information about other students, or improper offers to change grades, just to name the first three things that come to mind.

It;s too early to judge someone. Innocent until proven guilty. And also, it doesn’t mention what the text messages were about. Even if he did text message students about something inappropriate, who says that he actually followed through and actually did what is being investigated?

It is way too early to judge, and even if he did send text messages, there is no reason for punishment unless he actually acted on his intentions.

@Mtl_zack I’m going to have to disagree with your last point. If he did send inappropriate text messages, that crosses a line in a big way. The punishment should be more severe if he actually acted on it, but not non-existent if he didn’t.

There is nothing there so far at all yet you already ponder the punishment.

Mr. Lynch would be pleased.

If you look at the comments people have written, you will see that he has a past of being a creeper in the first place. He recently got this assistant principle job and was a math teacher before. I know that texting students inappropriate things should have some punishment, but going to a University made me realize that some professors will text you when class is cancelled so that you don’t have to drive all the way to campus. I know this is a different story with it being in a high school, but I just found it interesting that he’s still working there as the investigation is going on. He should definitely be suspended until it’s over.

My middle-school principal is in jail for having child porn on his computer at work. He wasn’t caught until years after I left, but however much jail time he’s serving ought to be tripled. I don’t believe you can be too strict with a pedophile.

That guy, though. Obviously isn’t any real information to go on yet.

Whoa Joey, we don’t punish people for what they are, only what they do. And we don’t punish them after they’ve been punished.

And if he was content to fantasize and let that be an end of it, he wouldn’t be in jail. He exploited children, and that’s what he’s being punished for. “Punishing someone after they’ve been punished” isn’t really accurate; once you commit a felony, you’re labeled a felon. He’s a sex offender, and he always will (legally) be one. He’ll be under some form of punishment for the rest of his life.

I thought you said your middle-school principal was punished for having kiddie porn on his computer.