The Sentinel High School teacher suspended for giving a student a hickey officially resigned. Missoula County Public Schools confirms Dan Kucera submitted his resignation several weeks ago.
Dan Kucera has not taught at Sentinel since January, after being charged with misdemeanor assault by Missoula police. Speaking for the first time about the situation, Kucera said today by phone he resigned for personal and professional reasons, but only after being abandoned by the district and teachers union. Kucera taught business at Sentinel high school.
Wednesday Kucera acknowledged making a stupid mistake, but believes the situation snowballed into something bigger. Kucera also said he expected to return to the classroom this year, but only after students made a public display supporting him, did administrators ask him to resign. He also believes the union wanted Kucera to leave, not wanting to be associated with a criminal. Kucera does not plan to return to the classroom. He is expected to be in court next week. The district and union could not be reached to address Kucera’s claims.
The situation snowballed into something bigger? Is this guy delusional? It can’t get much bigger than giving a student in your high school buisness class a bite mark on their neck. Unless you are Vlad the Impaler, you have nothing to gain from that type of inappropriate behavior. I can’t even wrap my mind around how blase everyone in this story seems to appraoch this situation. the students even rallied to this “teacher’s” plight. What in the world!?!?!?!
Did you ever have Ken Neller for 3rd semester Greek?
I don’t remember anyone having a problem when he tackled Brian Brophy and wrestled him to the ground, then pinning him and jumping up, and declaring that it was important to do outrageous things to make vocabulary words stick in your mind.
Sadly, I have forgotten the word he was trying to teach us!
I TOTALLY forgot about that!!!
Was it kreto (To grab or to hold)?