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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Thu Mar 6, 2014, 09:50 PM Mar 2014

Brooklyn school officials face discipline for not reporting abuse claim

Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- An assistant principal and a guidance counselor in Brooklyn are facing disciplinary action following an investigation into unreported sexual assaut claims involving 5th graders.

Special Commissioner of Investigation Richard J. Condon released a report detailing the investigation at PS 219 in Brooklyn on Thursday.

"An 11 year old student and a 10 year old student made a complaint to to the teacher that they were being sexually abused by boys at the school," Condon said. The investigation found that Assistant Principal Patricia Sabater and Guidance Counselor Rebecca Shaffren mishandled the complaints and failed to act.

Commissioner Condon says Sabater told them that in the first case, she simply forgot the issue after unsuccessfully reaching the parents by phone, but then the second case came along weeks later.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9456796

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Brooklyn school officials face discipline for not reporting abuse claim (Original Post) hrmjustin Mar 2014 OP

As a retired school board employee (school social worker) in Florida- marew Mar 2014 #1

Yes this is just horrible. hrmjustin Mar 2014 #2

marew

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1. As a retired school board employee (school social worker) in Florida-

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 10:04 PM

Mar 2014

We were told very early that if we did not report even suspected abuse, we could be charged with a felony and, I believe, rightly so. It must have been difficult for these kids to even be able to say something. They trusted adults and the adults "forgot"!?! I have no sympathy for the adults involved- none.

hrmjustin

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2. Yes this is just horrible.

Reply to marew (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 10:07 PM

Mar 2014

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