around the ohio valley, nashville, and the gulf coast ten inches of snow in northern maine. flurries from minnesota to michigan. snow in the cascades and rockies. 45 in salt lake city. 54 in albuquerque. 72 in phoenix. kansas city 59. omaha 55. chicago 44. and a nice-sounding 77 in new orleans. you can always dream. here s a special lady we found down deep in the heart of texas. winnie bartelet, a school librarian, was welcomed by students with a crown and a bunch of roses. the kids were thrilled to see her as usual, especially on her 90th birthday. 90 years old, and her colleagues still call her smart, spunky, and hip. so hip in fact that they made her cake in the shape of an electric guitar. winnie s favorite singer is keith urban. she says she doesn t want to stay at home, that she d prefer to be at school with the kids. she s going to have to fight who s keith urban married to? nicole kidman. nicole kidman. i was going to say faith hill. glad you corrected me.
these are scars that can live on throughout one s life. so it s important not only to get therapy but to get therapy from a person who s knowledgeable of this type of event. reporter: the investigation started after a film processing lab gave authorities some 40 photographs that featured the lewd acts. berndt was later fired when the school learned of the photos. that was last year. it took investigators a year to build their case, and they believe there are more victims. he was a teacher for over 30 years, and we feel that there s children out there who are not aware that they were being victimized in this manner. reporter: robert holguin, abc news. i don t even know what to say about that. no words for that. and the sad part here, records going back ten years show he never had any disciplinary actions, had good job reviews, so this was not a problem teacher how could this go on in a classroom? there has to be some sort of teacher s assistant in the classroom. or mon
case are simply horrifying. kabc s robert holguin reports from los angeles. reporter: this unassuming apartment in torrance suddenly was surrounded by l.a. county sheriff s deputies. they were there to arrest this man, 61-year-old mark berndt. just pretty weird having someone like that living right next to you. reporter: berndt was arrested monday and charged with 23 counts of lewd acts with a child. the crimes are all alleged to have occurred at miramonte elementary school in south l.a., where berndt had taught third grade for more than three decades. berndt is accused of blindfolding and gagging almost two dozen students, then snapping hundreds of photographs. not all the children were his actual students in his classroom, but they were students at the school. i m angry. i m disgusted. i m sad. reporter: some photos show students with cockroaches on their faces. in some cases berndt posed with the children. in other instances he fed the young girls a white liquid. investi
there s a violation of trust. people in this country think that colleges and universities are supposed to be, you know, pillars in our society. u.s. news, a tool depended on by families, had been ranking claremont mckenna in the top ten of liberal arts colleges in the entire country. the cheating scandal could change that. students there, who pay a yearly tuition of more than $55,000, were trying to come to terms with what their school had done. it s a little embarrassing for the school, i think. do you think it s sort of a double standard? yeah. no, definitely. they should be held to a high level as well. reporter: why would a school cheat? experts say every notch a school can rise in the rankings is critical. prestige matters to these colleges. what they get in the end are better students. they attract better faculty. they attract more money. reporter: more money from proud alumni eager to give. but while millions of students and families rely on ranking lists to make