TE Schools React to Massive Student Porn Bust

The Tredyffrin-Easttown School District has responded to allegations that several of its middle school students created and spread child pornographic images of fellow classmates around two schools.

The following statement was released Tuesday afternoon:

The T/E School District has been cooperating with a police investigation related to alleged misconduct by middle school students. We take these matters very seriously and follow up with procedures that promote safety for all students. The incident may also carry school-based discipline. As such, the District cannot comment on specific student discipline matters, as we must do all we can to preserve the privacy rights of all students.

The District has cooperated fully with law enforcement agencies throughout this investigation and will continue to do so. We join with the police and the entire community to emphasize responsible use of technology and to affirm the rights of all individuals to live and thrive in an environment free from harassment. This message is central to our mission and our daily work with students.

Three juveniles were arrested in a massive bust of the pornographic and nude image ring in the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township police announced Tuesday.

The suspects are accused of creating, storing, and sharing images of children between the ages of 11 and 15, that were also students at Valley Forge Middle School and Tredyffrin-Easttown Middle School, police said.

Suspects viewed and shared the images while in school.

Police said that the suspects also took images from the Internet and distributed them around the school, telling students that the individuals in the images were their classmates.

>>To read more on this case, please see Patch’s earlier coverage here.