Teacher at New England boarding school accused of preying on female students


by NBC News

NBC News— A veteran teacher at an upper-crust Massachusetts boarding and day school for girls has resigned amid allegations that he groomed several students for sex during the 30-plus years he taught at Miss Hall’s School. Matthew Rutledge, who is 62 and mainly taught history at the school in Pittsfield, was placed on administrative leave on March 27 and resigned days later after a former student came forward and reported him to the school administration for allegedly sexually abusing and exploiting her...

TheBlaze—New Jersey female teacher, 38, accused of sexually abusing 13-year-old girl, school received bomb threats. A New Jersey middle school teacher has been accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. After the allegations came to light, bomb threats were made against the female teacher and the school. Marlboro Memorial Middle School teacher Jenna Sciabica, 38, was charged with one count of harassment-offensive touching. The charge carries a penalty of up to 30 days in jail. The teacher was hit with the charge after the Marlboro Police Department conducted a month-long investigation, which included a...

Daily Mail—Parents sue school over claims teachers pressured female student to identify as male and gave her a new name and pronoun without telling them. The parents filed a lawsuit against Hilliard City Schools in January last year in a bid to prohibit educators from discussing sexual matters with students.

Daily Mail—Boy, 17, claimed he was sleepwalking when he 'smashed the skulls' of two boarding school students as they slept in their dorms before trying to kill a teacher at £41,000-a-year private school Blundell's. The boy, now 17, launched a violent assault at £41,000-a-year Blundell's School in Tiverton, Devon, with the intent to kill, the trial heard.