GLOCESTER – Ponaganset High School parents and students are speaking out against the district’s handling of complaints of inappropriate behavior of teachers with students.

District representatives are asking that gossip around the subject stop until information being spread is substantiated.

Following the resignation and start of a State Police investigation of PHS Gym teacher Alisha Crins last week , who allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old male student, parents are petitioning for change at the high school.

Crins, 39, was allegedly involved with a student, who graduated last year, during his sophomore year. According to reports, the relationship was revealed when the former student’s girlfriend found texts from Crins on his phone.

Now, parents and teachers

See Full Page