More Than 20 Teachers, Administrators Snared By Sexual Assault Claims In Just One School District More than 20 teachers and administrators in a California school district have been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with their students over the last ten years, making the district’s pupil-to-perpetrator ratio one of the state’s highest. The district has spent millions on civil lawsuit settlements, and two students have committed suicide. The tight-knit community at Redlands Unified School District has roughly 21,000 students. The district sits at the heart of the Inland Empire, the suburban sprawl east of Los Angeles. Parents in the area are growing concerned for their children amid reports implying administrators knew of the abuse but didn’t ... Sean Ramiro Lopez: A new civil case against the district, six school administrators, and Sean Ramiro Lopez, a teacher at Clement Middle School, has been brought by seven former students, now in their 30s, who were sexually abused by Lopez while attending the school. Within three months of being hired in 1999, principal Marilyn Kemple received seven reports from students that Lopez was engaging in inappropriate behavior, including discussing piercings, masturbation, and suicide with his students. Lopez also brought photographs of naked women to school and would show them to male students ages 12 to 13. Two other school administrators were informed of ... Kevin Kirkland: Kevin Kirkland, a former math teacher and golf coach at Redlands High School, is another known perpetrator in the district whose victims were represented by Morgan Stewart. Kirkland worked at the high school from 2004 until May 2016, during which time he developed at least four inappropriate relationships with underage female students. He pleaded guilty to eight felonies and three misdemeanors and was subsequently sentenced to two years in prison. Kirkland was released after only 13 months. Laura Whitehurst: Stewart’s law firm also represented a victim of Laura Whitehurst, former Citrus Valley High School English teacher and soccer coach, who was convicted for sexually abusing three students and sentenced to one year in prison. Whitehurst made national headlines in 2013 for bearing the child of one of her students, though her crimes may have stretched back to the start of her teaching career. In 2008, a student informed the vice principal of an inappropriate sexual relationship between Whitehurst, then 22 years old, and the student’s friend. The student alleged in a later deposition that the administration didn’t believe him, ... Continue reading... http://wilmingtonjournal.com/more-t...l-assault-claims-in-just-one-school-district/ | Find in Internet Archives | [google]More Than 20 Teachers, Administrators Snared By Sexual Assault Claims In Just One School District[/google] More Than 20 Teachers, Administrators Snared By Sexual Assault Claims In Just One School District More than 20 teachers and administrators in a California school district have been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with their students over the last ten years, making the district’s ... Continue reading... https://thewestsidegazette.com/more...l-assault-claims-in-just-one-school-district/ | Find in Internet Archives | [google]More Than 20 Teachers, Administrators Snared By Sexual Assault Claims In Just One School District[/google]
