Teacher Suspected of Inappropriate Contact with Students on Leave

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Police in Novi said Tuesday that they have launched an investigation into allegations that a fifth-grade teacher at Novi Meadows Elementary School had inappropriate contact with two female students, ages 10 and 11

Novi Public Safety Director David Molloy told HometownLife.com the department is cooperating with authorities in Troy after similar allegations were made against the suspect there.

“Most recently,” Malloy told the newspaper, “we have received a law enforcement notification of a potential sexual abuse from a mental health facility where the suspect was seeking treatment.”

No charges have been filed, and no arrests have been made. The investigation is active and ongoing, Molloy said. Once completed, recommendations will be made to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office.

School officials notified parents in an email blast that the employee in question has been placed on administrative leave and will remain on leave until the investigation is completed. The school district is cooperating with police, Superintendent Steve Matthews said.

“Student safety is critically important to us,” said Matthews, who said the school district put the teacher on leave “as soon as we were informed” of the police investigation.

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