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Patch Stats: School District Notifications of Alleged Teacher Misconduct
See numbers for Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Oakland Piedmont and WCCUSD.
Douglas Haight, a teacher at Berkeley High hired in August, lost his teaching credential after cops in Marin pulled him over in December for driving drunk and then found LSD in a bottle of liquid breath mint.
Numbers from the state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing show that while it’s rare for a school district to notify the CTC of a change in credential status due to allegations of misconduct, a large percentage of such cases statewide involve alcohol and drugs. Between 2005 and 2012, Berkeley Unified School District notified the CTC of a change in credential status eight times.
Haight is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.
[See table below for figures from Alameda, Albany, Oakland, Piedmont and WCCUSD]
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Out of the 25,357 cases of alleged misconduct opened by the CTC between 2006 and 2011, a third were alcohol related.
Number of Notifications of Change in Employment Status to CTC Due to Allegations of Misconduct Alameda Albany Berkeley Oakland Piedmont WCCUSD 2005 1 1 2006 2007 1 1 11 2008 2 13 2 2009 3 7 2010 1 1 2011 1 4 2012 1 2 5 Total 2 1 8 35 0 11Only a fraction of the cases opened by the CTC are a result of notification from a school district or a law enforcement agency. Most are self-reported by first-time applicants, or discovered during background checks.
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CTC Final Actions 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 Revoked or Denied Credential 429 376 294 419 481 Suspension 267 279 194 207 243
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