A Concord family is accusing a private boarding school in Massachusetts of failing to protect their daughter, who they say was taken across state lines and sexually assaulted by former summer program director Howie Leung in 2015 and 2016.A lawsuit.
Trial for ex-teacher charged with assault postponed
Former Concord teacher Howie Leung appeared in court in Newton, Mass. on Nov. 6, 2019. Eileen O Grady
Published: 5/2/2021 1:00:05 PM
The criminal trial for former Concord High School teacher Howie Leung who is accused of sexually assaulting a Concord student here and at a boarding school in Massachusetts has been postponed again, this time until next winter.
The jury trial, which was set to begin Tuesday at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Mass., has been rescheduled for Jan. 25, 2022, with a pre-trial conference on Jan. 14.
The schedule of jury trials has been backed up in Massachusetts since last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jury trials were halted in the state in March 2020 when the pandemic hit, and did not resume again until Jan. 2021, meaning many trials have been delayed far into the future.
SNHU says it wouldn’t have recommended fired employee teach ‘in any capacity’
CHS teacher Joshua Harwood was arrested Thursday on several charges, including prostitution involving a minor and possession of child sexual abuse images. Concord Police Department
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Southern New Hampshire University fired Joshua Harwood less than one year before he was hired by the Concord School District to teach high school business classes. However, SNHU officials say they did not provide a reference or recommendation letter for Harwood and would not have recommended he be hired to teach in the Concord School District.
Harwood was arrested last week and is accused of soliciting sex from a child under the age of 18, two counts of prostitution and solicitation to commit sexual contact, endangering the welfare of a child, possession of child sexual abuse images and two counts of manufacture of child sexual abuse images
Former Concord High teacher charged with child sex crimes
CHS teacher Joshua Harwood was arrested Thursday on several charges, including prostitution involving a minor and possession of child sexual abuse images. Concord Police Department Courtesy photo
Published: 2/4/2021 4:54:19 PM
A Concord High School teacher was arrested Thursday after police say he solicited sexual activity from a minor in exchange for money, and obtained images depicting child sexual abuse.
Joshua Harwood, 36, of Manchester, who taught business at Concord High School, was arrested by Concord Police on several charges, including prostitution involving a child under the age of 18, endangering the welfare of a child and two counts of prostitution/solicitation to commit sexual contact. He has also been charged with two counts of manufacturing child sexual abuse images, and possession of child sexual abuse images.
Former Concord superintendent Terri Forsten surrenders education credentials
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Published: 1/27/2021 5:58:13 PM
Terri Forsten, the former superintendent of the Concord School District, voluntarily surrendered her educator credentials more than a year after an independent investigation concluded she made several missteps that jeopardized student safety amid allegations of sexual assault by former teacher Howie Leung.
The state has revoked Forsten’s superintendent and principal endorsements permanently, while her special education teacher and elementary education endorsements are temporarily suspended through Nov. 5, 2024.
Forsten is prevented from holding any job or doing volunteer work with a public school district, nonpublic school or charter school. After the suspension period of her special education and elementary education credentials has ended, Forsten has also agreed to limit her employment to non-supervisory roles, the state Department of Education announced Wedn