Local drama teacher charged with sexual abuse had sexual assault allegation again him in past
by Jason Morris
I will not go into a rant about inadequate background checks in our schools, I just won’t. This story speaks for itself! Our kids in public schools are being protected by an inadequate, antiquated background screening process. Most States require a fingerprint check at the State level and a FBI check at the National level, only if the candidate has lived outside that State in the past five years.
They say they don’t have the money, schools are underfunded. How many kids have to get assaulted before they realize metal detectors are not the only way to protect students. A thorough criminal check must be done at the county level.
Since schools are the theme of this posting, administrators should read my series; Employment Screening 101. Schools are just as liable as corporations. Standing behind the budgetary excuses and doing the minimum required by state law does not stop 15 year old girls from getting sexually abused. Administrators can start looking forward to negligent hiring lawsuits in the same way Corporate America does; If you could have known, you should have known!
Local drama teacher charged with sexual abuse had sexual assault allegation again him in past
(WHAS11) - We have new information about a Bardstown High School drama teacher arrested along with his wife last week.
Police say Kevin Holladay had an inappropriate relationship with a female student and his wife Marta Holladay was charged with assaulting that student.
Now, we’ve uncovered new information about Kevin Holladay’s past.
We found some information Kevin Holladay probably didn’t want Bardstown schools to know about and because of the way the district currently does background checks it remained his secret. Until we told his former boss about it on Wednesday.
The drama coach, who goes by the name “Campfire Kev”, had his own summer camp experience 11 years ago, one that could have landed him in prison for 20 years.
In July 1997, Kevin Holladay was charged with sexual assault against a child.
According to reports, Holladay was a counselor at a summer camp in Wisconsin, when he allegedly fondled a 13-year-old girl who fell asleep while watching a movie with him.
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