The parents of a sixth grade girl with autism are filing a lawsuit against the Fort Wayne Community Schools, on the grounds that the district failed to protect their daughter. As reported in today’s Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana),
The girl, a special education student with autism, was allegedly sexually molested by another student on two occasions on April 25, 2007, during a classroom movie session, according to court documents.
After each incident the girl told her teachers, school principal and bus driver about what had happened, the document said. When the girl’s mother called school officials, she said she was told …read more