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Thursday, July 12, 2012

Modern School: Incompetent Administrators, Not Unions, Keep Molesters in the Classroom

Modern School: Incompetent Administrators, Not Unions, Keep Molesters in the Classroom:


Incompetent Administrators, Not Unions, Keep Molesters in the Classroom


“The standard here is low—reasonable suspicion. The obligation is mandatory reporting, not mandatory investigation on your own.”—Alison Filo, Deputy District Attorney in San Jose, California, quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Filo’s comments were in reference to the recent filing of charges against Lyn Vijayendran, principal of O.B. Whaley Elementary School in Santa Clara County, for failing to report allegations of sexual abuse by one of her teachers. If convicted, Vijayendran faces up to six