The 26 settlements were reached in states from California to Connecticut and ranged from $30,000 to $8.25 million. They came during a year of higher-profile incidents involving allegations of sexual misconduct, including assault, by prominent men in politics, media and entertainment.
In 19 of the 26 settlements, the alleged victims were students; the remaining settlements involved suits filed by teachers and administrators. The Journal tally represents a small sampling of the more than 13,000 school districts in the U.S., and it couldn’t be determined whether the number of settlements are up or down this year compared with previous years because there is no central clearinghouse of such cases...
...“That’s the problem—this whole concealment of sexual misconduct in schools, and not being forthcoming of how much this happens,” said Terri Miller, a volunteer president of Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, a research group in Las Vegas that focuses on teacher misconduct. “There needs to be a mandated, national clearinghouse, open to the public, to flag people that have committed sexual misconduct against K-12 students. It would include settlements.”...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-look-at-sexual-harassment-and-assault-settlements-in-schools-1514386801
...“That’s the problem—this whole concealment of sexual misconduct in schools, and not being forthcoming of how much this happens,” said Terri Miller, a volunteer president of Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct and Exploitation, a research group in Las Vegas that focuses on teacher misconduct. “There needs to be a mandated, national clearinghouse, open to the public, to flag people that have committed sexual misconduct against K-12 students. It would include settlements.”...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-look-at-sexual-harassment-and-assault-settlements-in-schools-1514386801
When the prominent members of society
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The system acts with outmost scrutiny
So they don't incite an elite mutiny.
First they need to purge the political establishment from sex offenders.
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