Plainview ISD is under fire after the district did not tell parents about alleged sexual abuse concerning first graders.
The girl’s parents “only caught on after a change in the girl’s behavior.” From KCBD:
“She’s in distress, she’s like ‘my stomach hurts. I just want to lay down,’” [the girl’s older cousin Heather] Gonzales said. “You can tell something’s wrong with her. So, they said ‘what’s going on? What happened?’”That is when the child told her cousin that a boy exposed himself to her in the lunch line at school.Unfortunately, that was not the most disturbing part of the six-year-old girl’s story.The girl claimed a student pulled her under a desk and forced her to perform a sex act during class more than a week before.The incident was reportedly recorded by another student on a school iPad. The video reportedly showed the young girl doing her best to fight back.“She said she was hitting him with the poetry book,” Gonzales said.Gonzales asked her cousin how long the incident took place.“She said, ‘until they let me go,’” Gonzales stated.
The family contacted the school district. The people told them “no comment” or “I cannot tell you.” They also kept the girl at the same desk as her alleged abusers.
Plainview ISD Superintendent H.T. Sanchez told KCBD the district immediately contacted CPS. The state investigator told them to keep everything confidential “because he wanted to be sure that he was able to get the full story from each of the students, the minors, that were involved.”
The girl’s family and other families aren’t accepting the excuse:
Gonzales said the district should be doing more to protect other kids.“Are you letting these other parents know their kids could possibly be a victim next?” Gonzales stated. “I feel like, as a parent, you should know.”
Parents protested on Friday at the school district headquarters.
The district put the teacher who was in the classroom on administrative leave.
Plainview ISD canceled classes at the elementary school on Monday because of “misinformation” and threats of violence.” It used the Allen, TX, shooting as an excuse:
As we continue to receive threats and as there was a mass shooting in Allen Texas, PISD will cancel school Monday throughout the district in an abundance of caution. Due to misinformation regarding a matter under investigation, we continue to receive threats of violence that are extremely concerning. Our police chief has submitted all of the screenshots to the FBI, DPS, and other relevant law enforcement agencies. We will remain in communication and advise families when we will reconvene classes.
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