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Lawyers for LAUSD Child Abuse Victims Voice Concern Over Appointment of Ramon Cortines as Interim District Superintendent
Lawyers representing dozens of children in multiple civil lawsuits who were abused by teachers at three Los Angeles Unified School District campuses reacted with “concern and puzzlement” over the appointment of Ramon Cortines as LAUSD’s “interim” Superintendent. Cortines is replacing John Deasy who resigned after less than three years on the job. The 82-year…
Former SD School Teacher Charged with Child Molestation
Charges of child molestation have been filed against a former elementary school teacher, Robert Noel Anderson. Anderson formerly taught fourth and sixth grades at Dehesa Elementary School. The man was arrested at his San Diego home, NBC 7 reports. Jan Caldwell, spokesperson for the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said that the ex-teacher is…
Records Uncovered in LAUSD Child Abuse Investigation
In an ongoing child abuse investigation involving a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District, a number of Suspected Child Abuse Reports (“SCAR”) have surfaced. These records are among many documents that LAUSD claims to have destroyed in 2008. The recent discovery has escalated the controversy over alleged retention of information throughout the…
LAUSD Teacher’s Aide Pleads Not Guilty to Battery Charges After Injuring Two Students
On Monday, May 2nd, a special education teacher’s aide allegedly assaulted several staff members and students at Van Nuys Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley. It was reported that the female teacher’s aide, 56-year-old Linda Hovanec, began acting erratically and throwing chairs shortly after school convened one morning. Last week, Hovanec was arraigned…
Elementary School Teacher’s Aide Assaults Students & Staff, Injures 5
Monday morning brought with it a bizarre set of events at one San Fernando Valley elementary school. Shortly after drop-off time at Van Nuys Elementary School yesterday morning, a female teacher’s aide allegedly began assaulting fellow staff members and several students. According to authorities, the teacher’s aide was acting erratically and began throwing chairs….
LA Unified School District Shuts Down Miramonte Child Abuse Investigation Panel
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has officially shut down a special panel appointed to investigate the Miramonte Elementary School scandal, which has caused considerable controversy in the past several years. The new move is raising more questions. According to officials, LAUSD had formed the commission in 2012 shortly after Miramonte Elementary School…
Oxnard Teacher Arrested on Suspicion of Child Annoyance
Officials from the Oxnard Police Department reported the arrest of an Oxnard teacher earlier this week under suspicion of misdemeanor child annoying. The teacher – 41-year-old Jorge Arellano – was a math instructor at Oxnard High School. He was taken into custody at his home on Wednesday for child annoyance of at least one…
Brentwood Union School District Agrees to $8 Million Settlement in Second Child Abuse Lawsuit
Earlier this week, officials from the Brentwood Union School District agreed to an $8 million settlement with the families of eight special needs children who were verbally and physically abused by a teacher at Krey and Loma Vista elementary schools . The federal lawsuit, which was filed in August 2013, alleged that the teacher,…