Fults applied for local teaching jobs: Accused rapist did work here as a substitute
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“Our records show he was employed as a substitute teacher and that he filled a few sick leaves ranging from a few days to a few weeks,” said system payroll and insurance director Kay Davenport. He has not been employed by the system in any fashion during the past five to six years.
Fults, 38, was charged last week by the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department with six counts of rape of a Rutherford County 16-year-old high school boy. The alleged victim was not a student at Barfield Elementary School, where Fults teaches seventh grade geography and coaches boys and girls soccer teams.
Fults’ first teaching experience with Warren County Schools came in the 1985-1986 school year when he completed his student teaching at Warren County Junior High, under the direction of physical education teacher Keith Maxwell.
“This really shocked me,” said Maxwell. “As far as I can remember, when he did his student teaching, he did an excellent job with it. You’re not really looking for something like that.”
According to Director of Schools Dr. Jerry Hale, Fults had inquired about and applied for both teaching and coaching positions with the local system several times over the years – including as recently as last month. He was never hired, Hale said, because he was never recommended by the principals in the schools where the positions were open, as is the system’s hiring policy.