[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] It began last fall, when students new to Cinnaminson Middle School in New Jersey brought home rumors of a “rapist” at the school. The teacher’s past had first surfaced in 2002, when he was briefly removed from the classroom but was allowed to return by the superintendent at the time. The small community of 16,000 seemed to accept his past. But residents now find themselves divided over what has become an emotionally charged debate in the southern New Jersey town, prompting hostile exchanges on Facebook, at sporting events and during school functions.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2019 23:31 UTC