A scandal at a Phoenix-area high school is prompting Maricopa County’s top education official to send a clear message to every school in the region: when it comes to protecting children, silence is not an option.
Two former teachers at Centennial High School in the Peoria Unified School District, Haley Beck and Angela Burlaka, are facing allegations of sexual misconduct involving a student.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and the Peoria Police Department are both investigating. Following the allegations, Burlaka voluntarily surrendered her Arizona teaching certificates, while the school board voted unanimously to terminate Beck’s employment…