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Unwelcome Morton teacher calls in sick

The Columbian
Published: August 30, 2010, 12:00am

MORTON, Wash. (AP) — A Morton teacher who won his job back after a conviction for inappropriately touching girls called in sick Monday as some parents demonstrated outside school.

Superintendent Tom Manke (MAN’-kee) says he’ll have to confer with the district’s attorney and school board to decide what eventually happens with middle school history teacher Michael Moulton. Many parents have already pulled their students out of his classes. Manke says they’ll be taught through an online program.

Manke says he’s still determining how many students might be left in Moulton’s classroom.

Many parents are outraged that Moulton won his job back on appeal after admitting in 2008 he would be found guilty of an assault charge and serving time in jail.

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