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Maine parent sues school district over teacher's sexual assault of her son

By Erin Buzuvis, Sudha Setty, and Kristine Newhall

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A lawsuit filed last week in the federal district court in Portland, Maine, alleges that the school district violated Title IX by not protecting the plaintiff's son from sexual assault by a female teaching assistant at the alternative high school he attended. The teaching assistant, Amy Shriver, has been arrested, convicted and sentenced on charges of sexual abuse of a minor. The victim's mother's civil suit alleges, among other things, that even though she reported what was going on to Shriver's supervisors and to a member of the school board, the district did nothing to stop the abuse, which continued for seven to eight month period.

Full post as published by Title IX Blog on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).

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