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Avon, IN
An Avon mother and school employee is raising concerns about why her ex-boyfriend is still working for the Avon Community School Corporation, despite being convicted of domestic battery.

Forrest Akers, an employee of Avon Middle School South, pleaded guilty and was convicted of domestic battery against his ex-girlfriend of nine years, Lisa Helm.

"It makes me feel like I'm being victimized all over again," said Helm. "I'm an Avon school employee too. My son is an Avon school student."

Helm works at an elementary school on the same Avon school campus as Akers, despite a no contact order against Helm.

"Continuing to work at Avon schools in the same proximity as the man who battered me is very difficult, it causes a lot of stress," said Helm, who said Akers attacked her in front of her then 15-year-old son, causing injuries. "I had to attend a meeting that was in his building."

According to court records obtained by Call 6 Investigator Kara Kenney, Akers is also currently on probation for domestic battery, and is forbidden from possessing a firearm.

He was also ordered to substance abuse counseling as well as domestic violence counseling.

Stacey Forcey Moore, spokeswoman for the Avon Community School Corporation, told RTV6 the superintendent was unavailable for comment and the district does not comment on personnel matters.

Moore did provide the district's policy that says the superintendent reviews employee criminal convictions and issues a recommendation to the school board about what should happen to the employee.

Safe Havens, International

Moore Country, NC
Students complaining about their teachers is as old as education, but taking it too far will now be costly for those who post their insults online.

Passed last summer, the School Violence Protection Law of 2012 now makes it a crime for students to "intimidate or torment" their teachers via Internet postings. Violators can face a misdemeanor charge and a fine of up to $1,000 if they are found guilty.

The prohibitions against bullying teachers include building a fake online profile or website and posting or encouraging others to post "private, personal or sexual information pertaining to a school employee" on the Internet.

Posting a real or a doctored image of a school employee online is also illegal, as is accessing, altering or erasing "any computer network, computer data, computer program or computer software, including breaking into a password-protected account or stealing or otherwise accessing passwords."

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