St. Helens School District board approves corrective action plan after sex abuse scandal
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Members of the St. Helens school board have voted to approve a plan that aims to make school safer for students. This comes after two teachers were charged with sexual abuse of students last year, and members of the district were accused of not reporting the allegations when they learned about them.
“I move to approve. Do we need a caveat in here — so long as we have the budgeted money for those items?” said Kellie Smith, a member of the school board.
In response, Acting Superintendent Dr. Karen Gray said, "We’ll have the budget for those to happen. They need to happen.”
The plan is broadly about listening to the community more. It creates a secondary school advisory council so that students can weigh in on pressing issues, and it involves having quarterly community listening sessions so that people can have ongoing dialogue with district leaders. It also includes regular meetings with the St. Helens Police Department chief, and trainings on professionalism when it comes to interacting with students.
Something that also is in the plan is a new school resource officer program. This way there’s a third party on campus at all times that students can approach when it comes to their safety.
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