Mother expressed concern over teacher accused of inappropriate contact

A mother voiced her frustration and concern at a Manatee County School Board meeting on June 10 over the handling of a situation at a local school after the arrest of a teacher.

“I think the community is outraged,” mother Beverly Hernandez told ABC Action News.

Watch full report from Mary O’Connell

According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, on March 3, a school resource deputy learned from a student at Haile Middle School in Bradenton that one of his teachers, 28-year-old Oliver Fell, had been communicating with him through Snapchat since December.

The Sheriff’s Office said the 14-year-old student reported that the teacher sent him an explicit photo. The Sheriff’s Office said school administration was informed of the allegations, and detectives started an investigation…

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