My school district sucks.

[Layla-Day]

This man worked at MY SCHOOL! The elementary school mentioned is next to us.

OAK PARK -- A 32-year-old teacher at an Oak Park elementary school, later resigned to Roosevelt Middle School, is being held on $100,000 cash bond in Oakland County Jail on charges that he sexually assaulted two students.

James Norman Perry, a Ferndale resident and teacher at Francis Scott Key Elementary on Jerome Street in Oak Park, was arraigned Wednesday in 45B District Court on one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of second degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of assault with intent to commit sexual penetration.

Raymond Correll, Perry's attorney, said his client, who was suspended from his job Tuesday, maintains his innocence.

"He's denied these charges and allegations," said Correll, who declined to comment further.

The charges stem from an Oct. 12, 2005, incident. Oak Park police declined to given any more details about the case, including the age of the victims, their gender, grades, where the alleged incident occurred, how long Perry had been a teacher at Key or any other details about the case.

Oak Park Superintendent Sandra Harris also did not return calls seeking comment.

"With these sensitive cases we don't want to do anything that would jeopardize our chance of getting a conviction," said Lt. Steve Cooper.

Mary Young, whose 8-year-old granddaughter, Laquira is in third grade at Key, found out about the allegations through a letter Laquira brought home Thursday from school. Young said she wasn't shocked by the charges -- especially after the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, she said -- and planned to withhold judgment against the accused teacher.

"I think it's best not to make a judgment because it might not be true," she said. "He's innocent until proven guilty."

Meanwhile, in Pontiac, arrest warrants also were issued Thursday for teacher and former coach at Pontiac Northern High School accused of fondling a 16-year-old female student.

According to Pontiac police, the student was touched inappropriately several times between December and January of this year. The teacher, whose name isn't being released until he's arraigned, will be charged with one count of second degree criminal sexual conduct and assault and battery charges.

Perry's next court date is 1 p.m. Tuesday in 45B District Court

LINK: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...602170373/1009
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And he look like the perfect pedophile too.