confessed an involvement with an older man. Rather than reporting it,
he told the boy, "I hope you knew to use a condom."
"Twenty one years later I can see how I should have handled this
situation differently. I should have asked for more information and
consulted legal or medical authorities. Teachers back then had little
training or guidance about this kind of thing. All teachers should
have a basic level of preparedness. I would like to see the Office of
Safe and Drug Free Schools play a bigger role in helping to prepare
teachers."
-Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools
Education Secretary Arne Duncan also released a statement. Read it below:
"Kevin Jennings has dedicated his professional career to promoting
school safety. He is uniquely qualified for his job and I am honored
to have him on our team."
-Arne Duncan, Education Secretary
From ABC's Jake Trapper:
That Jennings knew of a sexually active 15-year-old, of any
gender, involved with "an older man" and didn't take steps to report
that relationship to the student's parents or to authorities has made
him a target for criticism -- long before he was put in charge of the
Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. . . . .
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