Kirkland Shipley (aka Kirk Shipley) is a 47 year old teacher from Washington DC who was a teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.
Shipley has been accused by police of abusing a student at the school multiple times.
Shipley Pleaded Guilty To Abuse Charges. “Former Walt Whitman High School rowing coach Kirk Shipley pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing two girls, accepting a deal that will require him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and could lead to up to 20 years in prison. Shipley, 48, was charged in August with abusing two former rowers at the Bethesda, Md., public high school, where he coached and taught social studies for two decades. The nature of the charges stunned the affluent rowing community where he’d long been a fixture.” [Washington Post]
Shipley Arrest, Abuse Allegations Detailed
Shipley Arrested, Charged With Multiple Crimes. “Shipley was arrested Tuesday by detectives with D.C. Police’s Youth and Family Services Division. He faces charges of first-degree child sexual abuse of a secondary education student and second-degree child sexual abuse of a secondary education student. ” [WUSA]
DC Police: Investigation Showed Violations In May-June 2018. “The investigation revealed that between May 2018 and June 2018, the suspect sexually abused the female victim on multiple occasions in Washington, DC. At the time of the offenses, the suspect was employed as a teacher and rowing coach at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.” [DC Police]
Charges Involve Student On Club Crew Team. “The criminal charges involve a student who was on Shipley’s club crew team and in a history and geography class he taught. The arrest affidavit alleges that Shipley flirted with the teenager and started a sexual relationship with her in May 2018, after she had turned 18 but before she had graduated.” [Washington Post]
Court Documents Allege Shipley Abused Two Students Between 2013 and 2018. “After police interviewed the first victim, a second victim claimed she had a sexual relationship with Shipley that began in June 2013, when she was 17 years old, but had graduated high school. Shipley was 39 at the time.” [Bethesda Magazine]
Walt Whitman High School: Behavior Is “Completely Unacceptable.” ““These charges are deeply troubling and are a violation of the core values of our school and school system. We hold our employees to a high standard of character, and this behavior is completely unacceptable,” the administrators wrote. ” [NBC Washington]
Report: School Board Knew About Allegations Against Shipley, Was Given Letter. “According to the Booster board’s letter, in July 2018, “a parent informed the Board of a rumor of a sexual relationship” and that “This rumor came to light one month after the board had initiated an investigation in response to an unrelated individual boating complaint regarding Coach Shipley.”” [Montgomery County Media]
Shipley Background
Whitman: Shipley Coached For Two Decades. “Head Coach Kirk Shipley enters his second decade both as history teacher and coach at Walt Whitman High School. Originally from Boston, he rowed in high school before competing on the varsity heavyweight team at the University of Pennsylvania.” [Whitman Crew]
Shipley Named All-Met Coach Of The Year 2019. “The Washington Post named girls crew coach Kirk Shipley All-Met girls rowing Coach of the Year June 11. After 16 years of coaching, this was Shipley’s third time receiving the honor. Shipley was first named Coach of the Year in 2013 and again in 2017.” [The Black and White]
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