fyi - the Weekly published the perp's mug shot on June 22

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Dear DC McGlynn,
I am a Scot and believe me Scotland would send this guy back in a heartbeat.
Funnily enough Scottish law is what American law is based on.

All the details aren't published, but I don't know how this she/he argument can convict him. Maybe it doesn't matter and it's the texting that they are pursuing instead. I am saddened that this happened to Mr. Ferrell, as he was an excellent chemistry teacher and now he has lost his career and students have lost his good teaching. So very unfortunate.

Mr. Shreve was a teacher at Paly from the 1960s he took boys up to the Tower and molested them. He was still there in the mid 80s until he finally got arrested. He has completed his prison sentence (I don't know how long it was) but his acts were easily more reprehensible than this case: Web Link

Parents need to tell their children to be aware of the red flags. I never had Mr. Shreve but remember teachers who were capable - one asked me to lunch, then tried to kiss me; I was naive and thought nothing was wrong with going to to lunch - he was always joking with the girls and I didn't have any friends - he seemed to like the quieter girls. I wasn't traumatized but knew to stay away thereafter. Another was eventually convicted of molestation - he flirted/joked with girls (but we had no idea it was a red flag). Teens are naive and they should know that a teacher should not be a friend and they should not see them outside of the school campus. Those who want to be friends are capable of crossing the line. Sure, a teacher can small talk about things other than academics, but shouldn't talk extensively about non-academics as if they are a friend. Red flags: Be wary of teachers who touch, even if it's an arm or a pat on the back, a teacher should not be messaging them like a a friend would, flirting/joking inappropriately. Mostly, I recall that these two teachers just seemed a bit off to me, but it was in my subconscious, as teens are not yet skeptical. A pat on the back once might not mean anything, but mixed with other weirdisms, beware. Let's be clear that these cases are rare. But teens are naive and they should know some warning signs.

Some Paly teachers who won't accept Friend requests from students until the student graduates (even if the student is the same gender). It's just safer all around to keep things business only.