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Bravell Jackson, superintendent of Marion County Schools in Alabama, told the Atlanta Journal Constitution that John Karr began substitute teaching in the school system in 1996.
"He wasn't here very long, for about 15 days in August and September of 1996, and I had to remove him from the sub list," Jackson said. "There were some complaints from parents. I can't say more than that."
Lara Karr wrote in her divorce petition that her husband had been removed from the list because "he had a tendency to be too affectionate with children."
One of those prestigious schools was Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School in San Francisco, one of four independent Catholic schools that operate under the umbrella of Schools of the Sacred Heart. John Karr worked as a teacher's aide for four weeks in September 2000, said Jo Ann Shain, director of communications for the four schools.
Shain said John Karr was only at the school for four weeks, voluntarily leaving because "he didn't like the job description."
He worked in two classrooms during the four weeks he was there. "He was never, ever alone with the children," Shain said, adding that teachers' aides are always supervised.
John Karr went through the school's comprehensive background check, including fingerprinting and a criminal record review. He had no problems in his past, according to Shain. She said his references in Georgia "recommended him highly."
John Karr worked as a fourth-grade student teacher at Pueblo Vista Elementary in Napa from January through early April of 2001 while trying to earn his teaching credential from Sonoma State University, said Sharyn Lindsey, assistant superintendent for human resources for Napa Valley Unified School District.
He also held an emergency substitute permit, which allowed him to take over the class in which he was student teaching when the teacher was away, which he did eight times.
Background fingerprint checks were conducted on John Karr by both the university, through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the Napa County Office of Education, Lindsey said. Both checks would have included national criminal databases and revealed arrests for less serious crimes such as drunk driving, she said.
"We had two tracks of fingerprinting on Mr. Karr, and to our knowledge, he was clear," she said.
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"He wasn't here very long, for about 15 days in August and September of 1996, and I had to remove him from the sub list," Jackson said. "There were some complaints from parents. I can't say more than that."
Lara Karr wrote in her divorce petition that her husband had been removed from the list because "he had a tendency to be too affectionate with children."
One of those prestigious schools was Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School in San Francisco, one of four independent Catholic schools that operate under the umbrella of Schools of the Sacred Heart. John Karr worked as a teacher's aide for four weeks in September 2000, said Jo Ann Shain, director of communications for the four schools.
Shain said John Karr was only at the school for four weeks, voluntarily leaving because "he didn't like the job description."
He worked in two classrooms during the four weeks he was there. "He was never, ever alone with the children," Shain said, adding that teachers' aides are always supervised.
John Karr went through the school's comprehensive background check, including fingerprinting and a criminal record review. He had no problems in his past, according to Shain. She said his references in Georgia "recommended him highly."
John Karr worked as a fourth-grade student teacher at Pueblo Vista Elementary in Napa from January through early April of 2001 while trying to earn his teaching credential from Sonoma State University, said Sharyn Lindsey, assistant superintendent for human resources for Napa Valley Unified School District.
He also held an emergency substitute permit, which allowed him to take over the class in which he was student teaching when the teacher was away, which he did eight times.
Background fingerprint checks were conducted on John Karr by both the university, through the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the Napa County Office of Education, Lindsey said. Both checks would have included national criminal databases and revealed arrests for less serious crimes such as drunk driving, she said.
"We had two tracks of fingerprinting on Mr. Karr, and to our knowledge, he was clear," she said.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/17/MNGAOKKD7S59.DTL
