wiftly once it learned of the allegations and immediately placed Kennedy on administrative leave, barred the creep from campus and alerted Suffolk police.

The scandal marks the third high-profile incident involving possible sexual misconduct by Bay Shore teachers.

In November 2024, the district was ordered to pay $25 million in damages tied to a case involving Thomas Bernagozzi, a retired third-grade teacher who was accused of sexually abusing students for more than three decades.

A Suffolk County jury found the district ignored repeated warning signs about the child predator, whose abuse spanned the 1970s through the early 2000s - and over 50 former students have since come forward.

Marcus Johnson, a teacher's assistant at the high school, was also charged with raping a 15-year-old student in 2017.

The Post was unable to find a working phone number for Kennedy.