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04-24-2007, 04:30 PM
Suit claims Austin school didn't stop sexual assault of student
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Lockhart school district did not do enough to protect a 6-year-old boy from sexual assaults by a male first-grade classmate, the mother of the victim claims in a lawsuit.
The first-grader at Plum Creek Elementary School would try to kiss the boy on the mouth, grab at his genital area and press his body against the child in school and on school buses, according to the federal lawsuit filed against the school district on Thursday. In December, the boy was also found performing oral sex on the victim in the school restroom, the suit claims.
According to the lawsuit, the child's mother told the school's assistant principal about the assaults, but the school didn't keep the boys separated.
The child's mother said that it wasn't until law enforcement and the state office of Child Protective Services got involved that the school district took action.
A CPS spokesman said that the agency could not address a specific situation, but that when CPS looks at abuse in schools it alerts local officials and then investigates, sending the results to education officials.
John Hall, superintendent of Lockhart schools, said that since the allegations involve students, he could not say much about the lawsuit. But he did say that officials at the elementary school "acted to the best of their judgment."
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The Lockhart school district did not do enough to protect a 6-year-old boy from sexual assaults by a male first-grade classmate, the mother of the victim claims in a lawsuit.
The first-grader at Plum Creek Elementary School would try to kiss the boy on the mouth, grab at his genital area and press his body against the child in school and on school buses, according to the federal lawsuit filed against the school district on Thursday. In December, the boy was also found performing oral sex on the victim in the school restroom, the suit claims.
According to the lawsuit, the child's mother told the school's assistant principal about the assaults, but the school didn't keep the boys separated.
The child's mother said that it wasn't until law enforcement and the state office of Child Protective Services got involved that the school district took action.
A CPS spokesman said that the agency could not address a specific situation, but that when CPS looks at abuse in schools it alerts local officials and then investigates, sending the results to education officials.
John Hall, superintendent of Lockhart schools, said that since the allegations involve students, he could not say much about the lawsuit. But he did say that officials at the elementary school "acted to the best of their judgment."