Teacher Caught On Video Trading Candy For Kisses With Fourth Grade Student
Quote:A week after a fourth-grade Boca Raton teacher pleaded guilty to battery and was sentenced to a year probation after kissing a student, Boca Raton police released video of the incident.
The 11-second video showed a boy — who was blurred out to protect his identity — standing at Brian Kornbluth’s desk and then leaning in for a hug and kiss on the lips before walking away.
Kornbluth, who was a teacher at Somerset Academy Boca Raton and who turned 29 Tuesday, was arrested Feb. 17 and charged with two counts of simple battery. He pleaded guilty on May 16 to a single count of battery as part of a plea agreement with the Palm Beach State Attorney’s office, according to the Palm Beach Post.
The one-year probation sentence means he could get the incident expunged from his record. Kornbluth is no longer working at the school, according to WSVN-7.
According to the Palm Beach Post, a teacher reported Kornbluth to the school’s Principal Daniel Shourds after having noticing that Kornbluth made unusual requests to have male students in his classroom.