A former Clark County School District substitute teacher is facing new accusations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with elementary school children, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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A 24-year-old substitute bus driver with the Clark County School District used his position and social media “to further a sexual relationship” with a 17-year-old student, according to an arrest report obtained Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The Clark County School District Police Department arrested a bus driver Tuesday on two counts of sexual misconduct, two counts of kidnapping and one count of use of a minor for child pornography.
A 16-year-old student at a Las Vegas behavioral school told police that substitute teacher Garic Wharton II followed her around school and asked her several times for her contact information before he propositioned her on social media.
Four members of seven-member Clark County School Board indicate they would consider trying to renegotiate a clause in the union contract that allows teachers with a history of bad behavior to move from one school to another.
Garic Wharton II, 25, a substitute teacher at South Academic Center, was jailed Thursday after allegedly engaging in a sexually explicit conversation to solicit sex with a 16-year-old female student over social media, school district says.
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