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shelle007
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I am a mother of a 17 1/2 yr old daughter who is a senior at a high school in Oklahoma. Last evening, I found out that a male teacher passionately kissed her a week ago during school. My daughter is his teacher's aide in the last hour of class and they were alone. She had been worrying about it since it happened and didn't know what to do and finally broke down in tears and told her boyfriend and they came to my work (police department) and told me.
AS it turns out he has been emailing her and has been flirting with her all year. She thought she could handle the situation until he cornered her in the classroom and kissed her last week. AS far as I can tell other than some flirting and the emails nothing else has "happened" between them. She is very close to her high school boyfriend so I know she was not looking for a relationship
with this teacher and she denies she was too. She is very upset and is afraid to be around this teacher, which naturally she WILL NOT have to be anymore. She did consider this teacher a friend.
We had an emergency meeting late last night with our superintendant about this incident. he interviewed us and our daughter and advised he is going to defintely do something about this situation. He is unsure what it will be at this point
because he has to speak with the school's lawyer and assess the likelyhood of future occurences of this nature. Naturally, we would prefer his immediate dismissal.
I already spoke to a police officer and he advised me that without some physical groping or sexual activity there was nothing criminal they could charge him with. I am a police dispatcher in the same town( and department) and am not sure this officer knows what he is talking about. I will be checking into this further believe me.
One thing I would like to note is my Husband is on the school board of this school. If we go to sue will my husband be named as a defendant too because he is on the board?? Would it be worthwhile to try to get them to pay us something for her emotional distress without going to court?? At this point she is very worried about people finding out because this teacher is a well liked teacher and she is not wanting to go back to school. I am concerned for her emotional health and that would be the only reason I would opt not to sue. Can anyone tell me the options we have and how to best handle the school? what are our rights?
A very worried and Upset mother in Oklahoma,
Shelle007
AS it turns out he has been emailing her and has been flirting with her all year. She thought she could handle the situation until he cornered her in the classroom and kissed her last week. AS far as I can tell other than some flirting and the emails nothing else has "happened" between them. She is very close to her high school boyfriend so I know she was not looking for a relationship
with this teacher and she denies she was too. She is very upset and is afraid to be around this teacher, which naturally she WILL NOT have to be anymore. She did consider this teacher a friend.
We had an emergency meeting late last night with our superintendant about this incident. he interviewed us and our daughter and advised he is going to defintely do something about this situation. He is unsure what it will be at this point
because he has to speak with the school's lawyer and assess the likelyhood of future occurences of this nature. Naturally, we would prefer his immediate dismissal.
I already spoke to a police officer and he advised me that without some physical groping or sexual activity there was nothing criminal they could charge him with. I am a police dispatcher in the same town( and department) and am not sure this officer knows what he is talking about. I will be checking into this further believe me.
One thing I would like to note is my Husband is on the school board of this school. If we go to sue will my husband be named as a defendant too because he is on the board?? Would it be worthwhile to try to get them to pay us something for her emotional distress without going to court?? At this point she is very worried about people finding out because this teacher is a well liked teacher and she is not wanting to go back to school. I am concerned for her emotional health and that would be the only reason I would opt not to sue. Can anyone tell me the options we have and how to best handle the school? what are our rights?
A very worried and Upset mother in Oklahoma,
Shelle007