Is it child abuse? California schools should report to cops, experts say, even if they’re not sure It might have seemed harmless enough. Some San Jose middle school parents didn’t like the way a physical education teacher and coach was photographing their girls at events. The principal had told the coach to stop after a similar complaint a year earlier. But after a second complaint, the principal seized the coach’s school-issued computer, confronted him and alerted police, who investigated and last month arrested the former coach on child molestation and pornography charges. For school officials who, under California law, are required to report suspicions of child abuse to authorities, experts say the lesson is clear: Don’t hesitate ... Continue reading... https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03...-to-cops-experts-say-even-if-theyre-not-sure/
