Former teacher in the Anderson Union High School District had sexual relationship with 17-year-old student
A school district has no duty to review alarm data and video recordings to constantly monitor all the school’s employees, students, and visitors to the campus, a California court said in a recent case.
In Doe v. Anderson Union High School District et al., a teacher in the Anderson Union High School District had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old high school student over an estimated three-month period.
The relationship started with handholding and texting and progressed as the student paid visits to the teacher’s classroom in the evenings. During one such visit on the first day of summer break, the two engaged in sexual activities. Over the summer, they continued having sexual interactions in the classroom and in the teacher’s home.
Once the school district learned of the relationship, it conducted an investigation, notified law enforcement officers and the student’s parents, and made the teacher resign. The teacher pleaded guilty to crimes associated with the sexual relationship.
The school district had hired the teacher in 2012. It vetted him through education and law enforcement agencies and found no facts, reports, or rumors that he had any improper relationships in the past. The teacher had participated in the school district’s training to prevent sexual harassment and child abuse.
The trial court granted summary judgment in the school district’s favor. It...
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