A high school teacher in Schuylkill County has been charged with sexual harassment of a teenage girl.
According to State Police, 29-year-old Matthew Pfautz works at the Pine Grove Area High School as an English teacher.
According to the police report he verbally harassed a teenage girl and used a cell phone to send ‘lewd’ texts over the past school year.
The Pine Grove Area School District offered the following statement,
“The district is making every effort to fully cooperate with the Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement agencies in connection with these charges and has taken appropriate action pursuant to the school code to suspend the employee in question without pay.
The investigation will continue and the district will be exploring all available options including potential termination of the employee. The district is taking all necessary steps to ensure the continued integrity of its professional staff and well being of its student and to take all necessary steps to deter the likelihood of any such future conduct.”
So far only criminal charges have been filed. Pfautz has yet to be arrested. The sheriff's office says they expect him to turn himself in with in the next week.
According to State Police, 29-year-old Matthew Pfautz works at the Pine Grove Area High School as an English teacher.
According to the police report he verbally harassed a teenage girl and used a cell phone to send ‘lewd’ texts over the past school year.
The Pine Grove Area School District offered the following statement,
“The district is making every effort to fully cooperate with the Pennsylvania State Police and other law enforcement agencies in connection with these charges and has taken appropriate action pursuant to the school code to suspend the employee in question without pay.
The investigation will continue and the district will be exploring all available options including potential termination of the employee. The district is taking all necessary steps to ensure the continued integrity of its professional staff and well being of its student and to take all necessary steps to deter the likelihood of any such future conduct.”
So far only criminal charges have been filed. Pfautz has yet to be arrested. The sheriff's office says they expect him to turn himself in with in the next week.