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Karen Grindle Enabled Child Rape at South Berwyn School District 100

These allegations are disturbing: An elementary-school music teacher in the South Berwyn School District 100 was charged with sexually molesting numerous students over a period of several years during his tenure in the district. Some of the victims brought this civil lawsuit against the District and a school principal who allegedly knew about the abuse long before the charges were filed but did not take appropriate responsive action. An investigation revealed Polaroids of children bound in duct tape and gagged.  School superintendent William Jones reprimanded the teacher twice for inappropriate touching.  Children cried out for help by telling their school principal, Karen Grindle, about the abuse:After attending a school seminar about inappropriate touching in 2001, they took a piece of paper and wrote a note to the woman who spoke to them...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).