You are correct. Being approached while in high school by my wrestling coach, I was fortunate enough to have excellent parents. I told them what this teacher was saying to me. We approached the school board as well as the superintendent. They all laughed at us. This was my freshman year. We moved away, then returned for my senior year. The teacher was transfered to another school, AFTER he molested 2 other boys. Everything was kept hush hush and was allowed to work elsewhere, WITH CHILDREN.
No, do not rely upon the school, at times, they act like co-conspirator's.
You are 100% correct. In the small school district in which I taught, one guidance counselor/basketball coach was convicted of sexual abuse of boys. His preferred to date widows/divorcees with pre-pubescent sons.
In another case, an administrator was convicted of molesting 6th grade girls. Even though the district knew of the allegations, they recommended him for a job in a nearby state. He pled innocent, thinking the girls (now 8th graders) would never testify against him. But as soon as he heard that they were going to, he confessed.
LOTS of things go on in schools that are never reported. Colleges do the same.