New Public School Fail

[Goaticus]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/calif-teen-teacher-face-sodomy-accusations-article-1.1104145

Don't ask me why all of the stories focus more on one of the kids in the latest attack, and not on the fact that a teacher seems to have organized it and did things like this for years.

Fernando Salgado, 18, was one of four high-school students in Fontana, Calif., who were arrested along with a teacher in the attempted sodomy of another student with steel rebar while the other three - all minors - allegedly held the boy down and removed his pants.

A California teenager appearing in court for allegedly sodomizing two students in separate incidents yelled "get me out of here" as he was led away from his family by bailiffs.

Fernando Salgado was one of four students at A.B. Miller High School, in Fontana, Calif., arrested in the attempted sodomy of another student with steel rebar while the other three - all minors - allegedly held the boy down and removed his pants, reported KTLA.

Another incident took place June 14 involving three students who allegedly held down another boy while Salgado attempted to sodomize him with a wooden broom handle, according to KTLA.

"The allegations are something that have been just gut-wrenching for us," Fontana Unified School District Superintendent Cali Olsen-Binks told the station.

Salgado, 18, pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of sexual penetration and false imprisonment while sobbing in front of his family. Eventually he became so upset he jostled bailiffs before being physically restrained and led out of the courtroom.

The judge and lawyers left the room as bailiffs dimmed the lights and also escorted Salgado's family out of the courtroom, with his sister shouting, "What if that was your son?" the San Bernadino Sun reported.

The alleged incidents both took place in the same summer school masonry class taught by Emmanuel Delarosa.

Delarosa, 27, was originally arrested and charged with child cruelty after he was accused of knowing about the hazings and allegedly ordered one of the attacks "to limit behavioral problems in the classroom," police told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

Adrianna Mares, 19, a former student of Delarosa's, told KTLA that hazings were common in his classes, saying students would "take the broom and put it between their butt and the top of their jeans."

After further investigation, authorities charged Delarosa with two counts of felony attempted sexual penetration by a foreign object on a minor over 14 and two counts of felony false imprisonment by violence, according to the station.

If convicted, Salgado and Delarosa face lengthy prison sentences and would be required to register as sex offenders, reported the station.

Delarosa posted $100,000 bail and was released until his arraignment July 7.

Salgado's bail, set at $300,000, was posted as well, reports the San Bernadino Sun. He is due to return to court July 9, with a preliminary hearing set for two days later.

[MrBogosity]

Why does the teacher get less bail than the student?

[evensgrey]

Why does the teacher get less bail than the student?

Probably because he didn't physically participate in any of the alleged offenses, or because the kid's family is richer than the teacher is (since the objective of bail amounts is to make it low enough that the defendant can post it, but high enough that they aren't likely to be willing to try to skip the jurisdiction and forfeit it).  (Where I live, teachers get paid a lot better than teachers do in much of the US.  Of course, we've also got a much higher cost of living than much of the US, but that's only a partially related matter.)