That's not a question we ever thought we would have to ask. They didn't just allow the man into the building. They invited him into the classroom like some kind of honored guest.
News of this incident comes fresh off the heels of a substitute at Creekside Middle School being arrested yesterday for masturbating in front of a room filled with students. Just when you think you have heard and seen it all about Fairfield City Schools, they jump the shark again with even more outrageous conduct.
Sometime last month, according to a post on the Fairfield South PTC Facebook page, a Mr.Brian Schweikert was in the building for some kind of musical performance alongside his daughter, who is a music teacher at South. The now-deleted image is below:
Why was the image deleted? Keep reading and you'll understand why.
If the name Brian Schweikert rings a bell for some of you, it is because he was a former Fairfield High School teacher convicted in 2001 of three sex crimes with his students. Check out a newspaper clipping below from way back when:
Pretty disturbing stuff, right? You can read all about the case here at the Butler County Clerk of Courts page. Schweikert was convicted of two counts of sexual battery and one count of gross sexual imposition. You can even read a disturbing page with more details from the civil trial here:
For these sex crimes, Mr. Schweikert was labeled as a sexually oriented offender, and forced to register for 10 years, starting in 2001. Here is his sex offender registration order from the local courts:
So lets be crystal clear here. If Mr. Schweikert was ordered to register for 10 years starting in 2001, that order was obviously expired last month in December 2018. Mr. Schweikert committed absolutely no crime by being with that room full of students at Fairfield South last month. He had as much legal right to be there, if invited in, as you or us, or any citizen or parent.
But just because Fairfield South had the right to invite that man into the building with your kids on the grounds he is the father of a teacher, is no reason to have done so. Where is the common sense?
And don't tell us that nobody at Fairfield South was aware of who Mr. Schweikert was or about his past. Not in a coffee klatsch like Fairfield. Don't hand us that. No way, no how, was every staff member at South in the dark about who they invited in to be around your children.
And if Fairfield South was unaware of who Mr.Schweikert was, then why was the post with the picture of him playing music deleted? Hrmm? Answer that one for us.
We don't care if his order to register as a sexually oriented offender had expired or not. He shouldn't have been on the premises. This incident is just one more in a continued series of examples where Fairfield City Schools has acted with complete indifference to the needs of our students.
You should contact South principal Jason Hussel and politely, respectfully ask him why a former registered sexually oriented offended was in the building and around your kids:
hussel_j@fairfieldcityschools.com
The Board and Superintendent should also be copied:
begley_b@fairfieldcityschools.com
oneal_c@fairfieldcityschools.com
hare_d@fairfieldcityschools.com
berding_m@fairfieldcityschools.com
oneal_c@fairfieldcityschools.com
hare_d@fairfieldcityschools.com
berding_m@fairfieldcityschools.com
smith_b@fairfieldcityschools.com
