Levittown resident Kyle Sabo, 25, a history teacher at a Division Avenue High School was arrested on Wednesday, June 22 and was charged with three counts of third-degree criminal sexual acts and third-degree rape.

According to police, at various times and in separate incidents between April 2003 and June 2004, Sabo is accused of engaging in improper sexual activity with two students of the school, a male and a female.

Sabo pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in First District Court in Hempstead.

A 1998 DAHS graduate, Sabo began working at the school in September 2002 and quickly became involved in a variety of school activities.

"He taught multiple levels of social studies classes, he was a student council advisor. He often attended after school and evening events," Assistant Superintendent of Administration Victor Longaro said.

Longaro said the district's number one concern is "the safety of kids" and that counseling services have been offered to both the children and families. "There have been some people who have availed themselves of that," Longaro said.

A school official said the district was made aware of the allegations involving a junior and senior student on June 15. Immediately following Sabo's arrest a week later, the Levittown School District issued a statement that the district received "information regarding alleged inappropriate contact between a teacher and several students. The district took immediate action including notifying the police, removing the teacher from school pending completion of an investigation, an investigation into the allegations and interviewing several students."

At a special meeting called to order by the Levittown Board of Education on Thursday, June 23, it was resolved that "the Levittown Board of Education does, hereby, rescind its March 9, 2005 resolution, which was to grant tenure to Kyle Sabo on Sept. 1, 2005."

The district is continuing the investigation into these allegations for two reasons. "If there are more victims, he's obviously broken a law, but if these kids are victims, we are looking to get them some help," Longaro explained.

Longaro continued on to say the district has decided to seek an outside investigator "to take a look at the history of all this to make sure the district did not drop the ball at any time along the way."