First But Not Last

Posted July 25th, 2008 at 01:54 PM by IlliniPundit
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And so it begins:

Other defendants named include former Urbana schools Superintendent Gene Amberg, former Thomas Paine Elementary School Principal Janice Bradley, former human resources director Carmelita Thomas, afterschool program supervisor Rhiannon Ross, afterschool program worker and lunchroom supervisor Lamar Walker and current elementary teacher Kay Grabow.

The suit states that staff at the school – as well as staff in McLean County – should have made calls to the Department of Children and Family Services under mandated reporting laws.

The suit states that Amberg, Thomas and Bradley knew of the inappropriate behavior in White's classroom, let it continue, interviewed the child – referred to as Jane Doe-2 in the complaint – without her mother's consent or presence, did not inform the child's mother of the complaints against White and the child's known participation in activities after school in White's classroom and did not remove the child from the classroom.

"The school district knew that White was abusing her and did nothing," Bullock said. "They were intentionally keeping the parent out and keeping the parent uninformed, which made the child a sitting duck."

Discuss.

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On July 25th, 2008 at 02:16 PM, JohnBoy said:

Disgraceful, unfortunately AMBERG and crew continue cashing those mega-pension checks and let the taxpayers pay for this behavior. Except for a few unpleasant days of court testimony, these folks just keep cashing the checks.

On July 25th, 2008 at 02:43 PM, prairie biker said:

I'm still waiting for criminal charges for those who didn't live up to their obligations as mandatory reporters.

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On July 25th, 2008 at 03:07 PM, IlliniPundit said:

"I'm still waiting for criminal charges for those who didn't live up to their obligations as mandatory reporters."

As am I, as to me the non-reporting (or cover-up, if you're willing to go that far...) was the worst (non-Jon White) offense. 

But our State's Attorney has to prosecute, and I hold little hope that she will, based on her statements so far.

On July 26th, 2008 at 02:21 PM, feebus (not verified) said:

This is so typical politico. All these taxpayer supported paychecks and little if any reprimand. I too won't hold my breath that retiz does anything, other than some PR statement about....it won't happen again.