Second Creekview Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault

Matthew Tamanini allegedly had inappropriate sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Creekview student.

Second Creekview Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault

Matthew Tamanini is alleged to have carried out an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 16-year-old Creekview student.

A Creekview High School drama and English teacher has been arrested and charged with two counts of sexual assault following allegations that he conducted a sexual relationship with a student. Matthew Tamanini, 31, of Canton, allegedly had the affair with the 16-year-old student over a four month period, according to the Cherokee Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office believes at least two sexual assaults occurred on the Creekview campus itself. These assaults on campus caused the Sheriff's Office to charge Tamanini with two counts of sexual assault against a person in custody. According to the Cherokee County School District, Creekview High School Principal Adrian Thomas was notified of the relationship on Tuesday and alerted the district'…

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Creekview Teacher Arrested, Charged With Sexual Assault

The special education teacher was arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a Creekview student.

Creekview Teacher Arrested, Charged With Sexual Assault

The special education teacher was arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a Creekview student.

Creekview Teacher Arrested, Charged With Sexual Assault

The special education teacher was arrested for an alleged sexual relationship with a Creekview student.

A Creekview High School teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student who attends the school, authorities say. According to a press release from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office, they were informed Tuesday by the Cherokee County School District of allegations of misconduct by 31-year-old Adam Blake Bearden, a special education teacher at Creekview since 2010. On Tuesday evening, Sheriff's deputies searched Bearden's Ball Ground home. Sheriff's deputies believe the relationship lasted for three months and took place off-campus. The school district said in a press release that after they conducted their own investigation of the initial claims against Bearden, which began Monday, they …

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BOE Tables Budget Vote, Approves Spending Resolution

The spending resolution will enable the school system to spend money in July.

The Cherokee County Board of Education on Thursday night voted to table a vote on the school system’s tentative budget for 2012-2013 and approved a spending plan that will enable the school system to make expenditures until the budget is approved in July. Candler Howell, assistant superintendent for financial management, said the budget was given to the board later than normal this year because of a delay in getting tax digest figures from the Cherokee County Tax Assessors Office. In fact, Howell said he still hasn’t received final tax digest numbers. The $518.74 million budget for 2012-2013 is approximately $9 million less than the school system’s budget for 2011-2012. The school system will have to take approximately$15 million out of …

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School Board in Limbo for Qualfying

Pre-clearance on the county's new maps may not be completed by next week's qualifying.

Some members of the Cherokee County Board of Education are still in limbo as to which district map they’ll be qualifying under next week. And, there’s a chance they still may not know when qualifying begins on Wednesday. House Bill 978, which changes the way school board members are elected and draws two members out of their districts, was sent to the Department of Justice for pre-clearance on April 5. The process typically takes 60 days, though school board attorney Tom Roach said he requested an expedited review, which is expected to be completed by June 5. “It’s the worst situation to be in,” Roach said. Should the new district maps not be approved by the end of business next Tuesday, Roach said the county’s election superintendent …

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