So Many Pervs in Polk County, So Little Time
Wow. The freaks are certainly coming out in Polk County, Florida – Bartow in particular. I just wrote about Isaac Nathan Tillis, the Bartow High School math teacher who was just arrested this week for trying to trade grades for oral sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Now, the headlines are shouting about John Stelmack. He is the principal of the Scott Lake Elementary School in Polk County, Florida. Fancy that.
The 60-year-old Stelmack was suspended with pay from the school district after the local police opened an investigation into his involvement in child pornography and his conduct around the students at his school. He was arrested today after deputies found pictures of a naked woman with the head of a 10-year-old female student from his school superimposed into the photo. The student no longer attends Scott Lake Elementary and is now a student at a local middle school.
The sheriff’s office became involved after school district official searched Stelmack’s office and found a briefcase with photos of naked women made to look like children.
He has been charged with five counts of possession of child pornography, and bail will be set at $100,000. Detectives are serving a search warrant at his home, and further charges could be filed if anything is found.
All of this makes me even more determined to make a difference when I begin teaching, I am proud to have earned my certification and can only hope that by determining to protect my own students earnestly, I can head off at least one horrific situation like the ones we have seen in Polk County this week.
Yikes is all I have to say.