Draft:Matt Shelton

Draft article not currently submitted for review.

This is a draft Articles for creation (AfC) submission. It is not currently pending review. While there are no deadlines, abandoned drafts may be deleted after six months. To edit the draft click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.

To be accepted, a draft should:

Show the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article by using multiple sources that meet four criteria. The sources should be (1) reliable (2) secondary (3) independent of the subject (4) talk about the subject in some depth. For some topics, there are alternative criteria.
Be written from a neutral point of view
Respect copyright and do not plagiarize. Do not copy-paste.

It is strongly discouraged to write about yourself, your business or employer. If you do so, you must declare it.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Last edited by Cat-paw-v1 (talk | contribs) 27 days ago. (Update)

Submit the draft for review!

Matthew "Matt" Shelton (1982-) is a former elementary school teacher.

Early teaching career[edit]

Matt was employed at Napa Unified School District in 2006^[1] where he taught third grade at Philips Edison Elementary School. He resigned in 2008 after being accused of inappropriately touching students, and was arrested for alleged child molestation. A jury acquitted him after 6 days, proving his innocence.^[2]

Work at Robert Semple[edit]

After his teaching credential was reinstated, Shelton began working at Robert Semple Elementary School in 2015. He taught both fourth grade and fifth grade. During the Covid-19 pandemic, he switched to teaching only fifth grade. He, like many other teachers at the school, used Zoom Meetings to teach. During the winter vacation in 2022, he resigned from work at Robert Semple.

Criminal charges and arrest[edit]

Shelton was criminally charged with lewd acts with a child on February 23rd, 2024. He was subsequently arrested on Catmas (March 1st) for these charges, and was on trial on March 11th.^[3] He pled not guilty, and was then on trial again on May 6th. The results of this trial caused the principal, Christina Moore to be placed on leave.^[4] It is still unknown whether Shelton is innocent or guilty.

References[edit]

[1] ttps://www.vallejosun.com/benicia-teacher-charged-with-sexual-acts-with-student-was-previously-arrested-in-napa/

[2] ttps://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/teacher-acquitted-of-sex-charges/article_860b350e-8103-5851-b8bb-69d5d83eac85.html?ref=vallejosun.com

[3] ttps://internewscast.com/celeb/matthew-joseph-shelton-arrested-and-mugshot-benicia-teacher

[4] ttps://www.vallejosun.com/benicia-elementary-school-principal-on-leave-amid-turmoil-over-alleged-sexual-abuse-by-former-teacher

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]