Posted on 07/27/2023 8:24:36 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A Florida high school principal and four staffers were arrested after allegedly failing to report the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl to the state.
Palm Beach Central High School Principal Darren Edgecomb, 58, was booked Monday night for his alleged failure, police said.
Charges were also filed against assistant principal Dan Snider, 49, assistant principal Nereyda Garcia, 37, chorus teacher Scott Houchins, 53, and school behavioral therapist Priscilla Carter.
Charging documents revealed that school administrators were alerted to the abuse on June 16, 2021, when a friend of the victim wrote a letter alleging that the 15-year-old had been assaulted by two students, CBS 12 reports.
The letter said the victim “has had many problems with guys and has been sexually assaulted by two of them,” with the friend claiming that they had witnessed the suspects “not taking no for an answer.”
The letter added that the victim was suffering anxiety and panic attacks as a result of the assault, which was leading her to commit “self-harm.”
The letter was received by Houchins and seen by at least five staff members, none of whom reported the case to the Department of Children and Families, which is mandated by state law, according to the affidavit.
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“Youths” are the rapists I’m guessing…
Good to see these “educators” going to jail for wanting to look good instead of dealing with the problem.
Hmmm. Apparently they weren’t clear on what MANDATORY REPORTER means.
I know of a couple recent incidents, one of which I was the overall leader for the organization. (It was a report of suicidal ideations that turned out to be unfounded)
It took us about five minutes to alert the proper people and get the kid some help.
Make an example of these dirtbags.
Since I guess this means they cannot be terminated they are put into limbo so they hopefully quit.
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Didn’t even tell the parents, even though they weren’t the abusers. The parents should sue each of them personally, as well as the school.
CPS? How about the Police??
And to think...many in this country, educrats included, think it’s perfectly okay to withhold such information from parents and law enforcement. I wonder how hard the teachers’ unions in Florida are going to fight these charges in court.
BTW...if you dare, check out the mug shots at the link...scary stuff right there...
I wonder what the melanin content of those who did the assault.
No kidding! They all look like they’re no strangers to the criminal justice system.
“alleging that the 15-year-old had been assaulted by two students”
Who wants to make bets as to the ethnicity of the students that these adults risked their careers to protect?
By this same standard, how many teachers should be arrested for just standing by and allowing girls to harass and assault boys?
It means the union is playing hardball to make sure the teachers don’t lose any $$$ they are owed.
Those are some rough-looking teacher union members.
They look like people you would never want your kids to be near.
Good to see Florida taking the Duty to Report seriously.
Agreed. Make ‘em do a perp walk in front of the cameras.
They all look like child abusers themselves.
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