School teacher employed nearly a year after abuse allegations surface

A former Baltimore County teacher continued working last year for five months after allegations of sexual abuse were raised by a 13-year-old girl, and then was hired by the Baltimore City school system this fall after leaving his county position.

County police reported Monday they had charged Baltimore middle school teacher Timothy Nicholas Gounaris, 50, of the unit block of Cardor Court in Nottingham, last week on sexual child abuse charges related to several incidents last December with a former student at Pine Grove Middle School. The original sexual abuse complaint was filed with county police Jan. 13, said Cpl. Michael Hill, a police spokesman.