BURLINGTON — Before being publicly accused of molesting school children this spring, Daniel Powers was a respected teacher’s aide, but one whose conduct began raising red flags as early as 2017, records show.
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Click here to read a Burlington teacher's 2020 email expressing concern about Daniel Powers allegedly bringing outside girls into the classroom.
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Photos: Inside Burlington's new $32 million middle school
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Jerry Dexter of Scherrer Construction Co. works in 2020 on construction of the new Karcher Middle School, which was approved by voters in 2018 after school district officials campaigned hard to drum up public support for the project.
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Jeff Rose of Lippert Flooring & Tile installs new flooring inside the future band room at Karcher Middle School, a new facility under construction in the Burlington Area School District.
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Daniel Bocock, director of buildings and grounds for the Burlington Area School District, gestures inside the future commons area of Karcher Middle School, a new school under construction for more than a year.
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Karcher Middle School, under construction in Burlington, is being built with many large windows allowing natural light in the classrooms and other rooms.
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Dan Gerick of Olympia Companies works on installing soffits in the new Karcher Middle School, a 145,000-square-foot facility to serve future 6th-, 7th- and 8th-grade students in the Burlington Area School District.
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As many as 85 construction workers are involved at any given time in the construction of Burlington's new Karcher Middle School, a project managed by Scherrer Construction Co., with about 20 other sub-contractors assisting.
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Scheduled to open next spring, the new Karcher Middle School in Burlington, with this cornerstone near the main entrance, was made possible by voter approval of a 2018 referendum for the estimated $32 million project.
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Construction workers keep busy inside the new Karcher Middle School in Burlington, a project that is about 75 percent complete, with an April 30 date set for finishing the job.
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The new gymnasium inside the Karcher Middle School under construction in Burlington will include walls that can be used to divide the gym into four separate spaces.
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Chad Pias of Scherrer Construction Co. prepares window sills to be installed in classrooms of the new Karcher Middle School, under construction in the Burlington Area School District.
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Brandon Doll of NSI Electric installs indoor lighting in the new Karcher Middle School, which is scheduled to open next fall in the Burlington Area School District.
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Construction worker Brian Larson uses stilts to elevate himself while working on installation of ceilings in the new Karcher Middle School in the Burlington Area School District.
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Tom Kolloch of Olympia Companies works on drywall in the new Karcher Middle School, a $32 million project in Burlington that broke ground in October 2019 and is scheduled for completion in April 2021.
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A sign hangs outside the construction site showing the finished product planned next spring at Karcher Middle School in the Burlington Area School District.

