‘Culture of intimidation’: BUSD pays $2.4 million to avoid student sex abuse jury trial Barstow Unified School District settled for $2.4 million in a lawsuit filed by a former student who alleged the district’s high school allowed a longtime teacher to abuse her sexually. In one of seven separate ongoing lawsuits, lawyers for the victim allege that BUSD’s high school was used as a “hunting ground” by the teacher to groom and sexually abuse students. Lawyers also allege the accused teacher — who died at 53 years old earlier this year — was shielded by “a culture of intimidation, silence (and) cover-ups” for nearly two decades. The school district will avoid a potential jury ... Continue reading... https://www.yahoo.com/news/culture-intimidation-busd-pays-2-235202893.html Find in Internet Archives [google]‘Culture of intimidation’: BUSD pays $2.4 million to avoid student sex abuse jury trial[/google] ‘Culture of intimidation’: BUSD pays $2.4 million to avoid student sex abuse jury trial Barstow's school district avoided a jury trial that would have begun early in November, but others may lie ahead. Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/culture-intimidation-busd-pays-2-235202893.html Find in Internet Archives [google]‘Culture of intimidation’: BUSD pays $2.4 million to avoid student sex abuse jury trial[/google]
