Riedstra, Roland Melchior - Consent Resolution AgreementConsent Resolution Agreement • September 27th, 2014
Contract Type FiledSeptember 27th, 2014admitted to professional misconduct. Mr. Riedstra was employed as a secondary school teacher when a report was made by a female grade 12 student (who was a peer tutor in Mr. Riedstra’s dance class) that Mr. Riedstra had been sending her inappropriate text messages for a period of time. The district investigation determined that between February to May 2009, Mr. Riedstra texted the student several times. The messages were innocuous at first, but became increasingly suggestive. For example, in discussing the possible failure of the student in his class, Mr. Riedstra said, "No, I wouldn’t fail you. I might fail you if you don’t date me." On another occasion, after the student had brushed past Mr. Riedstra at school, Mr. Riedstra texted, "I got a good smell of you this morning and could feel your body through the fabric." Later that day, Mr. Riedstra sent the student a lengthy sexually explicit and graphic text message describing in detail specific sexual acts that would occur if they were