Bronx Science Teacher Faces Pornography Charges

LucieTheLakie
Sat, 07 Mar 2015 17:09:49 +0000

A teacher and debate coach at the prestigious Bronx High School of Science was arrested on Friday on charges that he persuaded teenage boys to send him nude or suggestive photographs via cellphones in exchange for gift cards.

Ugh, I hate to even link to this story because a friend with a kid at Bronx Science told me about it, but I’m so upset just thinking about it, because I have a kid at home who is so vulnerable to someone as sophisticated as this guy.

Mr. Cruz has taught at Bronx Science since 2006. In addition to coaching the speech and debate team, he teaches an Advanced Placement government course and is the adviser to the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance. . . . Mr. Cruz, who grew up in Great Neck and attended Vassar College, received a coach of the year award in 2013 from the National Forensic League, which noted that the Bronx Science speech and debate team was consistently one of the top teams in the country.