Teacher splits time between classroom, jail

Kristi wrote:

I think that Mr. Born is one of the most amazing and fun teachers I have ever had. Hes not like most teachers who just sit down and read stuff right from the text,he makes it interesting.Honestly, I think that his class is by far the best class I have ever taken. Just because he's made a few mistakes doesn't make him a bad person. He's just like everyone else and I think that no one should judge him because of those mistakes.

Shannon wrote:

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And it't not cowardly of you to post as anonymous?!

anonymous wrote:

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Correct that to "been arrested more times than any teacher still employed as a teacher, in the state."

Nicole HC student wrote:

Loction-HARBORCREEK, PA
Time-8:10pm (Not School Hours.)
I have no idea why it says that we live in Mentor, OH. I was the first student to comment this article, at the time there were 7 comments. It is very immature that people probably in their 30s and 40s, who probably dont even know Mr Born, saying things about a person that they just read something about. Well duh, they are going to write bad things about people in the NEWSPAPER! Thats what its for!!
Mr Born is a great influence to all of his students. He is very smart, makes learning easy, and doesnt judge people on something he just read about them.
Come on people, get a life and stop searching GoErie.com for a new subject to harass a person on.

Been There wrote:

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This particular article does not mention that children or elders are at risk. This is about a restraining order between TWO INDIVIDUALS, not between him and a "VULNERABLE POPULATION".
Quote from article:
---If Erie County Judge Stephanie Domitrovich believed allowing Born in the classroom "would be a threat or in any way not conducive to the safety of kids, she certainly wouldn't have put him on work release," Connelly said.---
(You can put whatever spin you want on this, but that is what it all boils down to.)
Furthermore:
---Born is the same teacher who was accused of sexually assaulting two female students in his 11th-grade English class during separate incidents in January 1999 and March 1999. A jury found him not guilty of all charges -- two counts of indecent assault, two counts of corruption of a minor and one count of luring a child into a motor vehicle -- in May 2001.---
(This portion of the article is gratuitous and inflammatory and has NOTHING to do with his current circumstances. "...a jury found him not guilty of all charges..." Kinda makes your argument of a vulnerable population being at risk mute doesn't it?)

sarah b _ in his class wrote:

this makes me wonder; why do people love to bash at other people? seriously, why can't people carry on with their own lives? what happened to mr. born is his own personal problem and im sure he's dealing with it how he wants to. but really, how many other people in the world is this happening to? i bet there's a TON! but Erie decides to put this ONE story in the paper, and now parents of kids attending school soon are afraid to put them in his class. i attend his class right now, and to tell you the truth i've learned about so much. i really think that if people had a heart, we'd all give him another chance.
PEOPLE MAKES MISTAKES, PEOPLE COPE WITH THEM.
GIVE HIM A CHANCE, HE'S A GREAT GUY!
*if it says im from somewhere else besides harborcreek, its because somethings wrong with my internet.

lindsay wrote:

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Kristi, You are in 8th grade, and i think you've been brain washed.

Creeker girl wrote:

<quoted text>perhaos because these peopel who are commenting care about more than themselves; they care about the future and the children who will someday make decisions about thier outcomes and existence. They care that the likes of this immoral teacher is influencing their children (like you) that it is ok to sexually harrass, coerce, and manipulate..as long as noone can prove it beyond a reasonable oubt. I support the constitution; yet, a flaw is that it is very difficult ot prove crimes of this type--yet the gut is the best judge despite written law. A tiger cannot and does nto chnage its stripes--we must pray that there are not too many (r no) victims until the tiger is exposed.