Baltimore City Schools Failing to ID Workers...

Baltimore city school officials acknowledged this week that lax employee verification protocols may have contributed to a temporary employee -- who was recently arrested on charges he impregnated a 15-year-old girl in Harford County -- taking on a number of leadership roles at Hazelwood Elementary/Middle School.

In the story today, officials said that Shawn Nowlin was hired as a temporary professional to do outreach work, but posed as, among other things, a child and family therapist for the school system. Referred to as "Doc," Nowlin acted in the capacity of a therapist to several students, whose parents were referred to him by the school's administration.

The Sun found he had said he held a number of titles: child and family therapist, licensed social worker, guidance counselor, vice principal, dean of students, dean of student support, and director of community affairs. According to Harford prosecutors and city school officials, he was none of the above. The Sun also found that he had not obtained a doctorate from Johns Hopkins, as several parents said he had told them.