In Ostego, Michigan a local summer baseball league coach was removed from his position Friday after school officials found out he was listed on the Michigan State Sex Offender Registry.
He was coaching for a week when an aware parent notified the school that the coach was a sex offender from 1996. As a parent, you should notify school officials if you are aware of these issues. You can do a search on “sex offender registry” to locate the appropriate resource in your area, and also check out Neighborhood Watch.
That the parent had to tell the school shows a flaw in the school’s system of effectively vetting individuals who will work with children. The school district went on to say that while they screen volunteers in the hundreds of background checks they do, this individual’s may have been overlooked.
