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Several Teen Girls Report Being 'Touched' By Special Ed Teacher

A teacher for ten years at the Webster Public Schools is facing charges.

WEBSTER, MA—Several students at a Webster school are accusing a teacher of touching them in class, according to reports.

Seven students said that Michael Harpin, a special education teacher at Webster Public Schools, had touched them and six of those students say he went over the line, reports WCVB-TV. Harpin, a teacher for ten years for the district, was charged with assaulting several teenaged girls in his geometry class, with the police report indicating that many of them said he would rub their backs, shoulders, hair and thighs (in one case).

Read the full report from WCVB-TV.

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