One of the victims of a former Montgomery County Public
Schools’ music teacher who pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing her
is suing the school system saying the system failed to keep her safe.
In a civil suit filed last month in Montgomery County Court, Towson
Attorney Joseph Williams, on behalf of the New Hampshire Estates
Elementary School student and her family, named the former teacher,
Lawrence Joynes and the Montgomery County School Board in the suit.
The suit claims the school system did not react appropriately
or acted with deliberate indifference to Joynes’ abuse and ignored
allegations of sexual abuse violating the student’s constitutional right
to education. The damages requests are in excess of $75,000 for each
occurrence, according to the suit. The definition of occurrence is
unclear.
“More importantly [the family] would like to have this activity
prevented in the future,” Williams told MyMCMedia. “They understand if
this has happened to the extent it appears there is very little or no
effort being made by the Montgomery County Board of Education to
anticipate and prevent this kind of activity by teachers.”...
http://www.mymcmedia.org/sexual-abuse-victim-suing-mcps-for-negligence/
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