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Our little town has a serious problem : Duxbury reels as school scandals raise questions of transparency

‘Our little town has a serious problem’: Duxbury reels as school scandals raise questions of transparency By Hanna Krueger Globe Staff,Updated April 7, 2021, 10:14 a.m. Email to a Friend Outrage in Duxbury, an affluent South Shore enclave, has come to a head after back-to-back allegations involving two prominent high school coaches: one accused of raping a student and the other accused of allowing anti-Semitic language on the football team.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff A private Facebook group for the tony town of Duxbury hosts some 12,000 users who typically use the platform to share photos of the sun setting over its oyster-filled bay or inquire about the best local lawn services. But now, as the town reels amid alarming allegations about two of its most prominent high school coaches, the tone of the discussion has turned decidedly grim.

Gym Teacher, Sued Over Sex Abuse Allegations, Has Been Fired

A Massachusetts middle school gym teacher accused in a lawsuit of raping a student years ago has been fired, school district officials said. Duxbury schools Superintendent John Antonucci said during a school committee meeting on Tuesday that Duxbury Middle School teacher John Blake was fired effective April 1 after an internal investigation. Blake, who was also the varsity boys hockey coach at Duxbury High School for nearly two decades, was placed on administrative leave in November after a couple alleged that he sexually assaulted their son while he was in middle school in the mid-2000s. Joseph and Melissa Foley filed the $1 million lawsuit against Blake and the school district last week.

POV: What Went Wrong in Duxbury? And What Can We Do about It?

Twitter Facebook Before I address the case of the Duxbury High School football team’s play calls during a recent Friday night game that reportedly included the words “rabbi,” “dreydl,” and “Auschwitz,” let me express my condolences for the loss of Joseph Parker Foley, who died of a drug overdose in despair from abuse he allegedly suffered at the hands of his gym teacher and hockey coach, John Blake. The allegations were made public in a lawsuit filed against Blake by Foley’s parents and reported in the Boston Globe. Superintendent John Antonucci denied the allegation that the Duxbury school system acted neglectfully when it failed to act on prior allegations, even though officials were aware of Blake’s “questionable behavior” since 2017. “[T]he District has investigated complaints against John Blake for questionable behavior not for sexual abuse as is alleged in the lawsuit made public yesterday,” the district said in a statement. “Not one of th

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