Republic schools, burns books and rapes kids.

[MOhillbilly]

http://www.news-leader.com/article/2...ver-rape-claim



A lawsuit filed against the Republic School District alleges school officials failed to protect a middle school girl from a male classmate who harassed her, sexually assaulted her, and raped her.In its written response, the school district denies all allegations in the suit and calls the claims frivolous.
The suit, filed July 5, alleges when the girl — a special education student — told officials about the harassment, assault and rape that occurred during the 2008-09 school year, they told her they did not believe her. She recanted.
The suit also alleges that, without seeking her mother’s permission, school officials forced the girl to write a letter of apology to the boy and personally deliver it to him. She was then expelled for the rest of the 2008-2009 school year and referred to juvenile authorities for filing a false report.
“School Officials, although mandatory reporters under Missouri’s Child Abuse Reporting Law, failed to report [the girl’s] complaints to the Division of Family Services or to Greene County Juvenile Authorities,” the suit says.


In 2009-10, the girl was allowed back in school, and the boy continued to harass and assault her, the suit says. She did not tell school officials because she was afraid she would be accused of lying and kicked out of school.
In February 2010, the boy allegedly forcibly raped the girl again, this time in the back of the school library. While school officials allegedly expressed skepticism of the girl, her mother took her to the Child Advocacy Center and an exam showed a sexual assault had occurred. DNA in semen found on the girl matched the DNA of the boy she accused, the suit says.


The boy was taken into custody in Juvenile Court and pleaded guilty to charges, the suit says. The specific charges are not stated in the suit.


“School Officials acted recklessly in conscious disregard of and with deliberate indifference to the risk of [the girl’s] safety by failing to conduct an investigation into her allegations of rape and sexual assault, by suspending her from school, and by failing to provide her with any protection from her rapist,” the suit says.



The suit alleges that when school officials interviewed the girl in 2008-09, they failed to even look at her own school file, which included a psychological report “which clearly indicated that [the girl] was conflict adverse, behaviorally passive and ‘would forego her own needs and wishes to satisfy the request of others around so she can be accepted.’”


The 23-page suit was filed July 5 and only identifies the girl, her mother, and the boy by initials. The girl is represented by attorney Doug Harpool. The suit seeks unspecified actual and punitive damages.


Defendants specifically named in the suit are the Republic School District, Superintendent Vern Minor, middle school Principal Patricia Mithelavage, counselor Joni Ragain, and school resource officer Robert Duncan.
The school district’s 19-page response was filed July 29.




“Plaintiff’s claims against the District are frivolous, and have no basis in fact or law” said the response, written by the school district’s lawyers Celynda Brasher and Michelle Basi. “Therefore, the District Defendants are entitled to an award of their reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs.”
The girl failed and neglected to use reasonable means to protect her self, the response says. Any damages the girl may have sustained, “were as a result of the negligence, carelessness, or conduct of third parties over whom the District Defendants had neither control nor the right to control,” according to the school district response.

[philfree]

That's awful close to home. I have relatives who go to school in Republic. My cousin's kids.

[Gonzo]

God dammit....

I just made myself giggle.

You all ready for hell?

"Rapin' reeruns" Would be a ****ing sweet band name.

If you laughed, hell awaits you.

[Mr. Laz]

it's all part of God's plan

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by luv

How else would you propose to hold them accountable?

Sorry for the delayed response, working and all that.

The only thing I can think is that you have to go after the individuals responsible, not the organization. Especially when the organization is a public entity which means you are basically going after your neighbors.

There is no good answer in a case like this. Obviously there was a problem when this second occurrence happened in the library. That is just disgusting. But it is not the fault of every taxpayer in town.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

A little sdieways of the topic but I never understood suing a school district for large amounts of money. Schools are having enough time with their budgets right now. So if they win a large settlement it will mean other cuts for the school. Basically they are saying that since the school failed to protect my child every other child in town should have a lesser education.

I don't know, just a ramification of these lawsuits that has always bugged me.

As an aside, my firm had a large contract stolen by a corrupt county employee in Colorado. We won the contract, and then she manipulated the process to give it to her buddies, who came in third out of four bidders and had no idea what they were doing. They then proceeded to do the worst job ever, and appeared to overcharge the county significantly to do it. It was corruption at its worst.

We can sue them, but the challenge is that if/when we win, the crooks there will just write a check from the taxpayers' pockets, and I have a hard time swallowing that. The taxpayers have already been ripped off once, and writing a check on their backs won't fix the problem. So my goal has been to get the crooks fired and get some decent leaders in there.

It's going well so far, but the challenge is that when one crook leaves, one of their crook friends writes them a letter of reference and pays them "settlement money" and then they go out and get another government job at some other unsuspecting agency. They're like roaches.

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

School districts are insured. The premiums may go up, but that'll be covered by a raise in the property tax.

Right, so everyone in town is held financially responsible for what happened at the school.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

A little sdieways of the topic but I never understood suing a school district for large amounts of money. Schools are having enough time with their budgets right now. So if they win a large settlement it will mean other cuts for the school. Basically they are saying that since the school failed to protect my child every other child in town should have a lesser education.

I don't know, just a ramification of these lawsuits that has always bugged me.

I'm sorry, but i detest this attitude. Just hate it. Just like the whole 'Don't fine companies for illegal toxic chemical dumping because they will just pass that financial loss onto customers'.

Bullshit

I seriously doubt you would feel the same if it was your child getting raped in school.

right is right and you do it even if it hurts

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Right, so everyone in town is held financially responsible for what happened at the school.

So where's the accountability if you don't sue them?

[tooge]

Originally Posted by philfree

That's awful close to home. I have relatives who go to school in Republic. My cousin's kids.

any of em rapists or reeruns?

[Hydrae]

Originally Posted by Laz

I'm sorry, but i detest this attitude. Just hate it. Just like the whole 'Don't fine companies for illegal toxic chemical dumping because they will just pass that financial loss onto customers'.

Bullshit

I seriously doubt you would feel the same if it was your child getting raped in school.

right is right and you do it even if it hurts

I have no issue with going after a company. Yes, they will raise thier prices, people will buy from their competitor, they go out of business. No concerns here, this is the price they pay for doing illegal things.

But the school district doesn't have a competitor in the same manner. It literally costs every home owner in that area money. Is that helpful in some manner?

Take out the principal, in the case the librarian, other teachers, councilors, etc. Heck, go after the school board members. But heep the impact to those responsible, not the whole town.

[philfree]

Originally Posted by tooge

any of em rapists or reeruns?

No.

[luv]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Right, so everyone in town is held financially responsible for what happened at the school.

The blame is not on the person suing. It is on the school who swept it under the rug, thus allowing it to happen again.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

I have no issue with going after a company. Yes, they will raise thier prices, people will buy from their competitor, they go out of business. No concerns here, this is the price they pay for doing illegal things.

No concern here? Are not innocent employees affected by selfishly suing the corporation?

[luv]

Originally Posted by Brock

No concern here? Are not innocent employees affected by selfishly suing the corporation?

Agreed.

Teachers and such are employees of the school district, thus they represent the school. When they do something, the employer has ultimate liability. Because they employees acted on behalf of the school, the school is ultimately responsible.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Hydrae

Right, so everyone in town is held financially responsible for what happened at the school.

Yep. And that's how it should be. They conspired to cover up a criminal event that happened more than one time. Or perhaps you missed that. (insert logical smiley)

This should be a criminal case.