Goodrich- A school official says all school employees named on what she described as ‘a short list? of possible offenders have denied any wrong doing.
A public release of a list naming local school employees with criminal convictions has been delayed following a Feb.10 circuit court ruling on the matter, according to the Michigan Education Association. The information was blocked ‘because of mass inaccuracies? on the list.
Goodrich superintendent Kimberly Hart said in addition to confusion as to the accuracy of the list, information given about the nature of convictions was minimal.
‘It gave us a name for the conviction but did not tell us what kind of conviction it was,? said Hart.
Ingham County circuit court judge Joyce Draganchuk issued a preliminary injunction preventing the release of names after hearing testimony from four teachers whose names appear on the list for crimes they deny committing, according to the MEA.
Hart said there were no details about the conviction, just a two or three word conviction title next to the name of the employee convicted. The employees named on the list were fingerprinted by police, in hopes of clarifying any inaccuracies.
Creation of the list came in response to the Pupil Protection laws adopted by state legislature in September. The laws went into effect in January, and were designed to protect students from employees with a criminal sexual history.