What is going on in our schools? The victim in this story was failed on so many levels:
EAST PRICE HILL – A 13-year-old student has been removed from his school after allegations surfaced that he raped a 9-year-old classmate on the school bus last week.
This is a very troubling allegation, very disturbing,†said Janet Walsh, a spokeswoman for Cincinnati Public Schools.
Also troubling is the time line of events.
The 9-year-old it appears never told her mother what allegedly happened on the school bus, and the school, Roberts Paideia Academy, also didn’t notify the mother until Thursday. The attack, according to the police report, happened on Nov. 3.
On the report filed Thursday, the mother told police that her daughter was forced to perform oral sex on another student while the school bus was dropping student off for the day on Nov. 3.
The teen has not been arrested nor has he been suspended from school. Walsh said he was removed from the classroom and subsequently the school on Nov. 4, the day that administrators came to school to find a faxed report from the bus company First Student about the alleged incident. It does not appear that that bus company notified the police department. Several phone calls to First Student were not returned Tuesday.
It gets worse:
Walsh said the bus did not have a student aide on board and there is a surveillance tape, but the tape does not show anything out of the ordinary occurring.
“(The camera and tape) does not show all vantage points on the bus,†Walsh said.
The school’s principal had been out of the building for training when the alleged rape occurred, Walsh said. She said the assistant principal may have waited until the principal returned to notify the 9-year-old’s mother. Walsh said it didn’t appear that the assistant principal would be disciplined, but that school officials are looking into the matter.
“We are certainly looking into tightening procedures because there was a delay,†Walsh said. She said she expects a district-wide discussion or notice on what is expected of staff and principals when encountering similar events.
Via Dreamin’ Demon here’s a video report of the incident:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLbnacw2QLk[/youtube]
I’ll be home schooling if I have kids.
I’m confused… why haven’t the police brought charges???
Another pedophile in the making. He shouldn’t be allowed near other children.
Oh… he should also be tried as an adult.
Why are there no monitors on these school buses? Why are 13-year-olds and 9-year-olds even on the same bus? And why the hell would a bus driver ever tell a little girl he was going to write her up for getting raped? This is just awful.
I wonder if police throughout the country are being overly cautious about arrests after the recent gang rape case at Hofstra University where the woman making the allegations later recanted. I certainly hope that’s not the case, but I wouldn’t be surprised.
Oh, and good to see you DodiaFae!
OK, I just had the chance to read the actual article, and I’m even more horrified. How can anyone think that a 9 year old could be equally to blame as the 13 year old in such a case??? All of those involved should have charges brought against them for the horrible negligence they’ve displayed.
Personally, I don’t think that schools should have K- grade 8 lumped together, either. What if this boy had chosen to target a 4 or 5 year old? And how can they be sure he hasn’t? My guess is that he’s done this before. And who knows… because he got away with raping this girl even after the incident was known to have occurred, he may have targeted others after.
If the police are being overly cautious because of the University case, it’s pretty pathetic if they can’t see the difference between a grade school and a university… perhaps they should go back to school themselves.
And reading some of the comments, it’s obvious that the RSOLers have already flocked to that discussion to defend the little perve, claiming that this is not rape. Disgusting.
Good to see you, too, Jenn!