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Allegations of professional misconduct have been withdrawn against a former St. Thomas vice-principal who was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student.
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The misconduct charge against Michael George Dennis was withdrawn Thursday following a closed hearing to determine if he’s fit to work in education, according to Ontario’s regulatory body for teachers.
“Fitness-to-practise hearings relate to a member’s incapacity and the panel is referred to sensitive medical information involving members,” Ontario College of Teachers spokesperson Gabrielle Barkany wrote in an emailed statement.
A second Dennis hearing also held Thursday was a brief session before the college’s discipline committee to withdraw allegations, she said.
“In light of the fitness (to practise) outcome, there was no reason to hear the related discipline allegations,” Barkany said.
The decisions were not posted or published, but Barkany said a notation will be posted eventually that will “provide as much information as we can in order to inform the public of the outcome without sharing more sensitive medical information than is necessary to protect the public interest.”
Dennis was terminated by the Thames Valley District school board in August 2017, according to a college hearing notice.
A hearing was originally scheduled for the fall of 2019.
Dennis was alleged to have had a relationship with a female student during the 2014-15 school year that included inappropriate communication of sexual or adult content and inappropriate physical contact. It was also alleged that he removed the student from school property without parental permission and gave the student money and gifts.
Per the Ontario College of Teachers registry, Dennis was first certified to work in Ontario schools in 1994. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Guelph and from teachers college at what was then the University of Western Ontario.
His teaching licence is listed as “inactive/non-practising.”
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