Thursday, May 13, 1999
Teacher won't be charged over nude photos
BY CHRISTINE WOLFF
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MONTGOMERY — A Sycamore Junior High School teacher will not face criminal charges for looking at photos of nude women on a school computer — images that inadvertently were televised to students.
Still to come may be disciplinary action against teacher Ron Renshaw by the Sycamore Community School District board, which will meet at 11:30 a.m. today to discuss Mr. Renshaw's case, said Pete Hershberger, board president.
“I can assure you there will be something more,” Mr. Hershberger said Wednesday.“He did violate certain board policies. It was certainly something we have to take very seriously.”
Mr. Renshaw, an industrial arts teacher for 27 years with Sycamore schools, remained out of the classroom Wednesday on paid administrative leave. He could not be reached for comment.
Criminal charges were not warranted mainly because Mr. Renshaw did not intentionally distribute the nude photos to children, Montgomery police Detective Donald Jasper said.
Montgomery police conferred with the Hamilton County prosecutor's office before closing the investigation.
The incident occurred April 20 during an afternoon class, while students were working on a project and Mr. Renshaw was nearby. He allegedly opened a Web site that contained nude photos on a computer linked to the classroom television, Montgomery Police Detective Donald Jasper said.
When a student turned on the TV, it displayed the nude
photos from the computer screen for about 20-30 seconds, until Mr. Renshaw realized what had happened and closed the site, Detective Jasper said. At least six students saw the images, he said.
“We were able to backtrack through the school's (computer) system and found nothing had been printed, nothing had been downloaded. But it showed he had visited the sites,” Detective Jasper said.
The school board took the information to police May 10 and relieved Mr. Renshaw of his teaching duties pending the outcome of the police investigation.
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