It doesn't sound as though that 1.6 million is PER family. Half a million bucks each (paid for by the insurance company, minus one third for the lawyer, and it's probably listed as emotional damages, which are taxed by the state) for a school district deliberately and wantonly endangering children by placing a predator in their midst?
This jury needs to be taken out and shot...
Their insurance is not provided by Santa Claus; rates WILL go up steeply.