The Teacher’s Union oppose charter schools, and one of their reasons for doing so is that teachers will not have to be registered. They say is tis to protect the children.
This guy, meanwhile, was registered and fiddled with kids and has now been charged with additional offences since being outed:
Police have today laid further charges against a Northland school teacher awaiting sentence for child sex abuse.
James Parker, the 37-year old former deputy principal of Pamapuria School, 10km south of Kaitaia, is awaiting sentence on 49 sexual abuse charges.
Police today revealed a further 23 charges against him over another eight victims, mainly during the period 2006-2012.
The new charges include eight charges of an indecent act on a boy aged under 12 years; four charges of an indecent act on a boy aged between 12 and 16 years; one of an indecent assault on a boy aged under 12 years; four charges of indecent assault on a boy aged between 12 and 16 years; one charge of indecent assault on a boy aged between 12 and 16; one charge of indecent assault on a boy aged under 16, and four charges of sexual violation.
Two charges relate to offences dating back to 1999.
Parker will appear on the new charges at Kaitaia District Court on Thursday.
