ICYMI from GEORGIA -Forsyth County elementary school teacher fired, arrested on CPRON charges

ORIGINALLY AIRED Apr 24, 2023
The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said in a release early Monday morning that 38-year-old Drew Cecil was arrested Friday.

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Developing Tonight parents are n
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shock after Forsyth County Shers
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deputies arrested an elementary
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school teacher on child* and
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sexual exploitation charges.
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11 lives Brittany Kleinpeter haw
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reaction from parents and stude.
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I've been speaking with parents throughout
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the day at Pools Mill Elementary School,
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where Drew Sissel was last a teacher at,
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and many of them told me they
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just found out about his arrest
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this morning. It's emotional. I'm livid.
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To know this has been going on.
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I am a room parent so I work
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with two other room parents and
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we were texting about it this
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morning just out of concern for,
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you know, whoever may have,
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you know, been in his class.
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The Forsyth County Sheriff's Ofe
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arrested 38 year old Drew Cecil after
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someone in Washington state sent them
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a tip that a teacher at Pools Ml
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Elementary School was involved n
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the sexual exploitation of a ch.
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The 4th grade teacher is charged with
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nine counts of possession of child*.
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And one count of sexual exploitn
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of a child. Some polls,
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male parents tell me they were t
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it took the district this long o
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tell them I'm coming right now.
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And I'm just I'm. It's scary
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to know that this is going on
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in our schools.
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According to the district,
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Cecil began teaching in Forsyth in 2016.
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He was at North Forsyth High,
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where he also coached their
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volleyball team until 2021.
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Former athletes of his shared with me.
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They would never have suspected him to
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be involved with something like this,
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and they're saddened by the new.
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Authorities say they don't belie
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any Forsyth students were invol,
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but it's unclear whether studens
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outside the county may have bee.
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According to the Pools Mill
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Elementary School website,
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he had been.
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In education for 14 years, a
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spokesperson with the Forsyth
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County District says that Cecils
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removed from the elementary schl
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campus on April 14th when they
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first learned of the allegation.
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He was then fired on April 21st,
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reporting incoming Brittany
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Kleinpeter 11 Alive News.