Lawsuit claims MCPS mishandled response to former teacher’s sexual abuse

A request by attorneys for Montgomery County Public Schools to dismiss a lawsuit alleging a former elementary school teacher’s sexual abuse of students violated federal law was recently denied.

In 2017, John Vigna, a former teacher at Cloverly Elementary School in Silver Spring, was sentenced to 48 years in prison for sexually assaulting female students over the course of 15 years.

According to court records, Vigna would have students sit in his lap and touch them...

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