Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Belson Must Resign over Tarabelsi and Smith Abuse Scandals

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THE MESS ROY E. BELSON IS IN

Roy Belson
Medford Public Schools
489 Winthrop St
Medford, MA 02155


Robert Covelle at the Medford Housing Authority thought he would stay on.  A camera and a question to Covelle and Gene McGillicuddy changed all that.   One of the local cub reporters queried "Why are you asking about family ties?" (paraphrased.)  My response, "Just watch."

Not only do I have to teach the city council about public records requests and the open meeting law, these young men in the local media do not respect someone with decades and decades of working the craft. 

The City Solicitor dismissed my writings as "delusional."  But is he published in as many books as this author/essayist/contributor?  Is his work in as many libraries? That's the key question.
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Roy Belson has worn out his welcome.  Now he's resorting to casting aspersions in the local paper, his calculated words playing fast and loose with the truth.

Roy Belson now says that he had heard rumors about alleged student abuser Jenna Tarabelsi AFTER the scandal.  Didn't Roy know the rumors BEFORE he hired her, and if he didn't, shame on him for failing to do his due diligence.

At best Roy Belson dropped the ball; at worst he lied to a community paying him so handsomely.



St. George’s: Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks a Rhode Island Town

http://lawstreetmedia.com/blogs/education-blog/st-georges-sex-abuse-scandal-rocks-rhode-island-town/

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Schools have become a frightening place for parents to send their children. From the horrors of lives lost at Sandy Hook Elementary, to those mourned at Columbine, to the controversies faced with “No Child Left Behind” and the Common Core curriculum, there’s now the terror that the people who take care of and teach our children could sexually abuse such innocent and unsuspecting lives.

New sexual abuse allegations at St. George's surface, raising ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/...sexual-abuse.../story.h...
The Boston Globe
Jan 23, 2016 - A sign at an entrance to St. George's School in Middletown, R.I. ... This week, with St. George's embroiled in a growing sexual abuse scandal, Richards said he ... St. George's headmaster and was already facing calls for his resignation for what victims say is ..... WPI president defends college on rape lawsuit.


FULL LETTER 5:53 pm
AN OPEN LETTER TO Roy E. Belson
Medford Public Schools
489 Winthrop St
Medford, MA 02155

Will Rhode Island's St. George's Scandal Reflect on Roy E. Belson's failure to perform his duties?
St. George's. 372 Purgatory Road Middletown, Rhode Island 0284

Roy Belson has worn out his welcome.  Now he's resorting to casting aspersions in the local paper, his calculated words playing fast and loose with the truth.

Roy Belson now says that he had heard rumors about alleged student abuser Jenna Tarabelsi AFTER the scandal.  Didn't Roy know the rumors BEFORE he hired her?.... and if he didn't, shame on him for failing to do his due diligence.

At best Roy Belson dropped the ball; at worst he lied to a community paying him so handsomely.

Which brings us to 50-year old embattled head of the R.I. St. George's school Eric Peterson.

Let's stick to the facts:

Victims are calling for the head of the school, Eric Peterson, to resign.

So what about Roy E. Belson?  Why does he get a free pass from the school committee that is supposed to supervise him, not the other way around, when complaints about:

1)parents claim Belson and the school did not contact  them (in a timely manner) about the sex abuse

2)former teacher Mark Smith refused to talk to the media, yet allegedly he got his pension

3)Belson's utter disrespect for the students and their parents by playing Mickey the Dunce.

Parent of student allegedly victimized by guidance counselor speaks ...

www.myfoxboston.com/news/parent-of-student.../8316136
WFXT
May 11, 2015 - Jenna Tarabelsi is on paid leave from her position as career counselor at Medford Vocational Technical High School after students complained about her, saying ... "He told me that he had pictures of her breasts," she said.

ST GEORGE'S in RHODE ISLAND
As such, a new, comprehensive, and independent investigation will be conducted into the allegations of sexual misconduct–it was just announced that Scott Harshburger, a former Attorney General of Massachusetts, will be the investigator.


Furthermore, the misconduct resulting in the termination of each former employee was allegedly never reported to any authorities nor were potential future employers, other schools and educational settings, warned about the sexual misconduct against minors done at the hands of the perpetrators that they potentially hired.

How about that Worcester Polytech?

Do you know what it is like when Roy Belson attacks the messengers - plural?

WPI says rape victim partly responsible for assault
The Boston Globe - 1 day ago
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is alleging that a student who was raped during a study abroad program in Puerto Rico in 2012 is partially ... (responsible for the assault)



In Medford there are the facts on Mark Smith and Jenna Tarabelsi.  In Medford there are the rumors of two other teachers ... rumors.   One left on or about June 30, 2015.  Roy Belson's idea of transparency is to throw rocks at those who put a public records request in to see how much public safety there is at a new "access TV facility" proposed by the "charlatan mayor" (that's what WRKO called her) and the highly negligent Roy E. Belson.

Lots more on this.  A special June 30, 2015 Anniversary E mail on the exiled teacher will certainly have the city abuzz.  Do stay tuned.

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A final note:

Robert Covelle at the Medford Housing Authority thought he would stay on.  A camera and a question to Covelle and Gene McGillicuddy changed all that.   One of the local cub reporters queried "Why are you asking about family ties?" (paraphrased.)  My response, "Just watch."

They watched, and Gene McGillicuddy was removed from the board of directors of Medford Housing Authority, even though Mark Rumley, city solicitor, with no authority at MHA, jumped up and, as usual, attempted to stifle my free speech.

Mr. Rumley is obligated to protect our free speech, not the unseemly, underhanded, unethical actions of individuals at the access station where Rumley was a board member, the disgraceful actions (or intentional lack thereof) of the school committee, Roy Belson, Pop Warner (heck, if Rumley wanted to interfere in MHA business by jumping up and trying to shut me down - as he's wrongfully done at the city council, why not Pop Warner too, in an effort to HELP our community?) - so many injustices in this community by those in positions of authority turning a blind eye to the ugly things their colleagues are up to (or down to, as may be the case.)

BACK TO IOVINO, BENCKS and the other dude, all three who have vanished from the media here:

Not only do we have to teach the city council about public records requests and the open meeting law, these young men who were in our local media did not respect someone with decades and decades of working the craft. 

The City Solicitor dismissed my writings as "delusional."  But is he published in as many books as this author/essayist/contributor?  Is his work in as many libraries? That's the key question.
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iSN'T IT?