NYC high school librarian a predator who targeted an ‘endless pool’ of Asian students: reports

A degenerate NYC high school librarian allegedly preyed on an “endless pool” of Asian students for years — vacationing with them, buying them clothes and drooling over their “small and firm” bodies, a damning report revealed.

Maspeth High School educator Douglas Von Hoppe allegedly called one student 438 times and exchanged 965 text messages in just two years, and cultivated inappropriate relationships with at least 13 kids, the city’s Special Commissioner of Investigation found, according to a scathing January report recently released to The Post.

One student “started feeding me from her chopstick. Biggest turn-on I’ve had all year,” he wrote in a creepy text to a friend, according to investigators for the city Department of Education’s independent watchdog.

Von Hoppe brought one student to a restaurant 16 times, and bought Valentine’s Day gifts, SCI contended.  

In another lecherous missive, he described two students he took on a trip who “took a outdoor shower at beach w bathing suits on.” He wrote that one was “so flawless w/o makeup. I pretend I didn’t notice but I can’t forget that.”

Von Hoppe, 60, who has been employed by the DOE since at least 2008, incessantly called and texted students, met them for after-school tennis matches, took them to museums and parties, and bought the girls “cute tops” — all while claiming to be a mentor and father figure, according to the report first revealed by journalist Susan Edelman on her Substack.

One student called him after showering, the educator wrote in another text to his pal. “She was lying on her bed with long wet hair, being flirty and seductive,” he wrote.

The married educator allegedly confessed to being “emotionally involved” with a student, telling his friend how turned on he was by the girl’s “skinny body” and proclaiming she restored his “sex drive,” according to the report.

Von Hoppe’s disturbing behavior was discovered when Manhattan Prosecutors unearthed the messages he exchanged with his friend, CPA Stephen Lyon, who was under investigation.

Lyon pleaded guilty to three counts of insurance fraud in a scheme to defraud the New York State Insurance Fund of more than $18 million. He was sentenced in October 2023 to 2 1/3-to-7 years in prison.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office shared the messages with SCI, which launched a probe into Von Hoppe in 2024.

“Von Hoppe’s actions were grossly unprofessional, predatory, and manipulative, and his role as a high school teacher provided him with an endless pool from which to carefully select young women with whom he wanted to pursue relationships,” the SCI report said.

SCI urged then-Schools Chancellor David Banks to terminate Von Hoppe in a 2024 letter, but he was instead reassigned to a “rubber room,” Edelman reported. He has been on the city payroll since then, earning $140,588 as of last year, records showed.

Von Hoppe reached a deal with the city to “irrevocably retire” at the end of this school year, two years after the SCI completed its investigation, the DOE said.

“Von Hoppe’s conduct was predatory, manipulative, and wholly incompatible with his role as an educator. He used his position to identify and pursue vulnerable students, engaging in grooming behavior,” said Special Commissioner Anastasia Coleman.

Von Hoppe could not be reached for comment.