New York Teachers Pulled from Classroom



Melanie Akerberg and Donna Newton-McNally

(Long Island, New York) Two Sachem High School North business teachers, Melanie Akerberg, 33, and Donna Newton-McNally, 41, were pulled from their classrooms this week after being accused of inappropriate contact with two male students.

School district officials are investigating Akerberg and Newton-McNally for alleged misconduct with a football player and a wrestler.

Sources said a girlfriend of one of the boys found texts from a teacher on his phone and alerted Sachem North principal John Dolan, who ordered a probe.

The stunned husbands of the two women reacted angrily to the revelations, with one confronting one of the two seniors this week, a source said.

District spokesperson Chris Vaccaro confirmed the teachers were removed but would not disclose the nature of the probe.

It was not clear if they were accused of physical contact or inappropriate correspondence.

Both teachers have been administratively reassigned.