Fyi, Howard county had a sex offender as a substitute teacher.

pleasant1911 · Mar 20, 2018

To all the parents in HoCo with young kids. I been getting mass emails that the school board sends out, and its states that Steven Katz, has been a sub. teacher for howard county for the past 6 years. In case you dont get the mass emails from HoCo school system. Just a fyi thing.

j_h_smith · Mar 20, 2018

I've heard this before. It would seem that some school districts are guilty of hiring sex offenders as substitute teachers.

pbharvey · Mar 20, 2018

My daughter, whom is graduating from college this spring, told me this morning that she had this guy as a sub. My son came out of the middle school church service on Sunday and told me all the kids were talking about it. Sounds like this guy had quite the run.
I had a shop teacher at the old Clarksville middle school who taught for 24 years before being caught as a child predator.

pbharvey · Mar 20, 2018

This guy was caught while teaching at Clovery Elementary in MoCo.
He subbed in 43 HoCo schools.
Forty three...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...ught-in-howard-county-20180319-story,amp.html

danb · Mar 20, 2018

But we need universal background checks!!!

This is a good example that we should not rely on the government to screen bad actors.

welder516 · Mar 20, 2018

Hang'em up by the short hairs ...IMHO

Melnic · Mar 20, 2018

If he does not have a record or previous complaints, he would have passed a background check.
I have not seen any confirmed accusations other than the one incident he was arrested on. "inappropriately touching a student"

https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/03/t...-in-montgomery-co-taught-in-other-md-schools/

Steven Katz, 59, of Columbia, Maryland, was accused of inappropriately touching a student at Montgomery County’s Cloverly Elementary School earlier this month.

The student said Katz touched him in a way that made him feel uncomfortable, according to Montgomery County police. Police then interviewed Katz, and he admitted to inappropriately touching the student.

Remember, he gets his day in court. If found guilty, we can decide if he should be fried or hung. I have read that there are no known cures for pedophilia (I had to spell check that one).

Sundazes · Mar 20, 2018

Melnic said:
If he does not have a record or previous complaints, he would have passed a background check.
I have not seen any confirmed accusations other than the one incident he was arrested on. "inappropriately touching a student"

https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/03/t...-in-montgomery-co-taught-in-other-md-schools/

Remember, he gets his day in court. If found guilty, we can decide if he should be fried or hung. I have read that there are no known cures for pedophilia (I had to spell check that one).

Yea, there is. Its called GenPoP

Lloyd · Mar 20, 2018

He subituted at my daughter's elementary school, so a little too close to home.

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rbird7282 · Mar 20, 2018

Melnic said:
If he does not have a record or previous complaints, he would have passed a background check.
I have not seen any confirmed accusations other than the one incident he was arrested on. "inappropriately touching a student"

https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/03/t...-in-montgomery-co-taught-in-other-md-schools/

Remember, he gets his day in court. If found guilty, we can decide if he should be fried or hung. I have read that there are no known cures for pedophilia (I had to spell check that one).

There is absolutely a cure for pedophilia,
a 158 grain hollow point.

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rseymorejr · Mar 20, 2018

rbird7282 said:
There is absolutely a cure for pedophilia,
a 158 grain hollow point.

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danb · Mar 20, 2018

Melnic said:
If he does not have a record or previous complaints, he would have passed a background check.
I have not seen any confirmed accusations other than the one incident he was arrested on. "inappropriately touching a student"

https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/03/t...-in-montgomery-co-taught-in-other-md-schools/

Remember, he gets his day in court. If found guilty, we can decide if he should be fried or hung. I have read that there are no known cures for pedophilia (I had to spell check that one).

email I got from the school I thought said he did have a prior and they relied on some other company to do the background check. or something.

linkstate · Mar 20, 2018

One news article said he touched the backs of two students and slid his hand to their buttocks. One male and one female.

Email from the HoCo Interim Superintendent

Dear Community,

I want to follow up on the message I sent to you Saturday night and provide some additional information about our efforts since then.

As soon as I learned of the arrest of Steven Katz, I took immediate steps to notify the community and begin the communication process through our principals. My letter was followed by a message from school administrators to their communities. These messages provided information on the dates we know that this individual served as a substitute in those schools. We also provided resources to assist parents with talking to their children about this very difficult topic. Additionally, every school also has student services staff that any student or family can access for support.

I appreciate the supportive response by the Howard County community since Saturday and I am encouraged by your collaboration to keep our children safe. Staff have already begun to review the process for evaluating substitutes and putting in place a system to more periodically conduct background checks.

Since I reached out on Saturday, we have gathered a bit more information.

The most important information that I can share is that if you suspect that your child may have had an inappropriate encounter with this individual - or any individual - please contact Howard County Police Department Detectives at 410-313-2630 or the Department of Social Services at 410-872-4203. This communication is critical.

My office and our school leaders have been asked why this individual was able to work as a substitute teacher during the time he was being investigated by the Montgomery County Police Department. Unfortunately, news of the arrest came as a surprise to us as we were not aware that this individual was suspected of these charges until Saturday, March 17. This put us in a position of responding to a situation without having many details. Over the next several days, we will be working with our law enforcement counterparts as well as neighboring school systems to ensure that we implement stronger communication protocols when sharing information related to the safety and security of our children.

We know that this individual has been a substitute teacher in Howard County for the past six years. The vendor that we use to track and fulfill substitute teaching positions allows us to easily access the past two years of jobs he had accepted. In those two years, this individual had been a substitute teacher at 43 HCPSS schools. We are currently working with the vendor to access additional schools in which he may have worked prior to two years ago. The list of schools is included at the end of this letter. To this point, we are not aware of any formal complaint lodged against this individual that would have permitted the system and police to conduct a child abuse investigation.

We are all here to keep our children safe and provide any additional supports that they require.

Sincerely,
Michael J. Martirano
Interim Superintendent

Steven Katz has been a substitute teacher in the following schools during the past two years:

Atholton Elementary School
Bollman Bridge Elementary School
Bryant Woods Elementary School
Bushy Park Elementary School
Clarksville Elementary School
Cradlerock Elementary School
Dayton Oaks Elementary School
Ducketts Lane Elementary School
Fulton Elementary School
Gorman Crossing Elementary School
Guilford Elementary School
Hammond Elementary School
Ilchester Elementary School
Lisbon Elementary School
Longfellow Elementary School
Manor Woods Elementary School
Pointers Run Elementary School
Rockburn Elementary School
Running Brook Elementary School
Stevens Forest Elementary School
Swansfield Elementary School
Triadelphia Elementary School
Veterans Elementary School
Waverly Elementary School
West Friendship Elementary School
Worthington Elementary School

Bonnie Branch Middle School
Dunloggin Middle School
Ellicott Mills Middle School
Folly Quarter Middle School
Harpers Choice Middle School
Lime Kiln Middle School
Mayfield Woods Middle School
Mount View Middle School
Murray Hill Middle School
Oakland Mills Middle School
Patapsco Middle School
Wilde Lake Middle School

Atholton High School
Glenelg High School
Hammond High School
Howard High School
Reservoir High School

ohen cepel · Mar 20, 2018

HoCo is too busy pimping the kids out for political purposes to do important things like keeping child molesters off the pay roll..........

danb · Mar 20, 2018

ohen cepel said:
HoCo is too busy pimping the kids out for political purposes to do important things like keeping child molesters off the pay roll..........

He was allowed to work in Montgomery County while under investigation! Raskin (MoCo) has all the kids pimpin for political purposes.

pbharvey · Mar 20, 2018

Melnic said:
If he does not have a record or previous complaints, he would have passed a background check.
I have not seen any confirmed accusations other than the one incident he was arrested on. "inappropriately touching a student"

https://wtop.com/maryland/2018/03/t...-in-montgomery-co-taught-in-other-md-schools/

Remember, he gets his day in court. If found guilty, we can decide if he should be fried or hung. I have read that there are no known cures for pedophilia (I had to spell check that one).

It sounds like he admitted it.

During the investigation, detectives interviewed the student and also interviewed Katz. During the interview with Katz, he made admissions relating to inappropriately touching the student.

http://www.mymcpnews.com/2018/03/17...eacher-for-inappropriate-touching-of-student/

Charges:
Charge No: 001 Description:SEX ABUSE MINOR
Statute: CR.3.602.(b)(1)Description:SEX ABUSE MINOR
Amended Date: CJIS Code:1 0322MO/PLL Probable Cause:X
Incident Date From: 03/08/2018 To: 03/08/2018 Victim Age:

Charge No: 002 Description:SEX OFF 4TH DEG-SEX CONTACT
Statute: CR.3.308.(b)(1)Description:SEX OFF 4TH DEG-SEX CONTACT
Amended Date: CJIS Code:4 3600MO/PLL Probable Cause:X
Incident Date From: 03/08/2018 To: 03/08/2018 Victim Age:

Melnic · Mar 20, 2018

danb said:
email I got from the school I thought said he did have a prior and they relied on some other company to do the background check. or something.

sounds like massive flaws in these background check companies as well as once again, government communications.

Glad he's out of the system!

welder516 · Mar 20, 2018

Melnic said:
sounds like massive flaws in these background check companies as well as once again, government communications.

Glad he's out of the system!

Seems lately people in general don't want to actually do their job , plain and simple . A whole bunch of hacks doing serious jobs and take them lightly .

Like the FBI

pbharvey · Mar 20, 2018

welder516 said:
Seems lately people in general don't want to actually do their job , plain and simple . A whole bunch of hacks doing serious jobs and take them lightly .

Like the FBI

No one takes a substitute teacher seriously

Mr H · Mar 20, 2018

sundazes said:
Yea, there is. Its called GenPoP

And a plunger.

Fyi, Howard county had a sex offender as a substitute teacher.

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