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Central Coast elementary school teacher accused of recording children changing

July 17, 2024

Steven Schapansky

By KAREN VELIE

Deputies arrested a Central Coast elementary teacher on Saturday after investigators discovered he was secretly recording children, including some who were changing their clothes.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 54-year-old Steven Schapansky, a fifth and sixth grade teacher at Santa Barbara Charter School in Goleta. Schapansky allegedly hid cameras in mutiple places on and off school grounds.

Deputies booked Schapansky in Santa Barbara County Main Jail on an invasion of privacy with a recording device charge — a misdemeanor. He is no longer in custody.

 


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This fella is innocent until proven guilty. Come on now, everyone knows a diligent teacher places cameras around the school because they want to make sure the janitor and groundskeeper are doing their job properly. Makes sense to me and I’m not even an attorney. (sarcasm)


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It’s considered a misdemeanor, so no charges will be filed. Thanks, California voters, for passing Proposition 47, effectively legalizing all kinds of crime.


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And yet in SLO county Jeff Brandow still isnt arrested, thanks to the failure if DA Dan Dow.


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