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posted by Andrew Kiraly
Friday, Jun. 13, 2008 at 5:47 PM

[Insert ''Hot for Teacher'' intro]

Columnist Chip Mosher writes:

On his Web site, Teachers4change.net, Clark County School District teacher and school board candidate Ron Taylor recently posted the story of a high school senior allegedly giving oral sex this past Spring to an adult hall monitor in the school library — apparently just boning up for proficiency exams. According to Taylor, who interviewed several people close to the “hush-hush” investigation, this 18-year-old senior initially refused to talk to authorities about the incident. But, following threats from the school’s administration that she would not be allowed to graduate if she remained quiet, the young girl finally coughed up the goods. And the hall monitor was “immediately fired.”

However, according to Taylor’s sources, this same hall monitor had been fired from another local high school in the past for “doing the same thing.” On his website Taylor posited: “He (the hall monitor) was not charged then and wasn’t charged now so the question remains — will he be at another high school next year?”

It is against the law for a teacher not to report suspected abuse. Thus, after being alerted to the situation, Taylor, who teaches at another school, says, “Basically, the thing I was lookin’ at was there was a student being victimized. And I, as a teacher, wanted to make sure she was protected by the district.”

In his search for the truth, then, Taylor says he ran into some closed doors and tight lips. After taking the story to three different units of the school district police for action, the frustrated Taylor says he eventually received a phone call from the reported school’s principal, who was angry with some of the wording on Taylor’s website, especially about the principal “covering up a sex scandal.”

Interestingly, Taylor’s incendiary article was replaced shortly thereafter with a kinder, gentler version of the tale. In his first version, Taylor states (about the girl’s graduation), “The principal assured the mother that her daughter would graduate. (But) The girl’s teachers posted their grades and she failed several classes. (And) The principal went into the grading program and changed (these) grades. The teachers became aware of (these) changes so they… changed them back.”

In the second, modified version, Taylor backtracks a bit by quoting the principal, who says (according to Taylor): “I changed the grades because I felt the grade was unjustified.”

To which Taylor (apologetically?) editorializes: “This doesn’t sound like a deal was made with any of the parties.”

Really? Young student gives hummer to adult hall monitor in school library. They get caught. Girl won’t talk. Girl is told she won’t graduate if she doesn’t talk. Girl talks. Girl fails at least one course. Principal changes her grade(s) to passing. Girl reportedly graduates.

Because she passed her oral exams?

You be the judge. A coincidence? Perhaps. Yet in all of this, two things keep surfacing that, according to Taylor, don’t seem disputable. First, an adult hall monitor got a blow-job from a student in a local high school library. Second, this (now formerly) hall monitor might still be running the streets of Las Vegas — with our children. Maybe hoping to work at a new school next year — if not here, then elsewhere. Just lookin’ for some head. But don’t tell anyone. It’s a school district secret.

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4 Responses to “School district sex scandal cover-up?”

I am just wondering if this principal is getting something on the side from these appreciative parents when he promises “freebie” high school diplomas to their children?

I have heard of “pay as you go,” but this more like “pay as you cum.”

Maybe CCSD could solve their budget woes by offering some “freebie” diplomas to our less than deserving students. In any case, I’ll take 2 of these diplomas. Now should I bend down and give you what you want, Mr. Principal?

Written by: Wayne Taneka on Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM

While I understand the concern over the hall monitor, let’s not forget the girl was 18 and fully aware of what she was doing. Let’s not also forget that the principal cannot change a grade for any reason – regardless of whether he feels the grade is warranted or not. In any case, the grade was warranted as it was a LOW F and a lot of ditching – wonder what she was doing? – and the principal was attempting to show gratitude for no lawsuit. She failed several classes and the principal was very vocal about stating that regardless of what the teachers gave her for a grade, he would change it if they did not change it for him.
The fact this girl wasn’t expelled over the incident at the same time the hall monitor was fired is outrageous. Giving her a diploma she didn’t earn is dispicable. Watching her literaly dance across the stage at graduation was stomach turning. And knowing that the principal intends to run for school board where his habit of handing over diplomas for free can be pushed district wide is horrifying.
Incidently, this was not the only incidence of grade changing by this principal – and isn’t it interesting that of the dozen or so students whose grades were changed to allow them to graduate, boosting the already overinflated graduation rate his last year at the school, all of them were black – not one Hispanic student received his attention.

Written by: Will on Monday, Jun. 16, 2008 at 12:55 PM

The actions of the hall monitor, the student, and the principal were all wrong. You can’t tell me that the hall monitor decided to get a blow-job from a student knew his actions were ok. The student knew she could get into trouble for her actions. And the principal knew promising a diploma to a student was equally against the rules. In the above scenario, the principal is more culpable than the other two individuals. Those two were enjoying the primal lust that has been around since the times of Adam and Eve, but the principal’s actions should certainly be investigated. But will his actions be investigated? Who will do the investigation? Well, the first answer is NO. If he was investigated, it would be by his peers, i.e., other administrators. So his actions would be given the stamp of approval by CCSD. And in so doing we have all have been given a “blow-job” — and no cigarette after that either…. I feel so good now, don’t you?????

Written by: Ken on Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008 at 10:45 AM

This student’s behavior doesn’t really surprise me. What does surprise me is that there is a statute that prohibits a school district employee that holds a position of authority over students from being sexually involved with a student(s) on their campus.

Another puzzling issue is that by CCSD Regulations and Policies, a school principal cannot change a student’s grade over a teacher’s objection. This can be done only at the Regional level but the parents must file an appeal to cause this to happen but if the teacher is unaware a change has been made (against the statutes as well as district policy & regs) then nobody is the wiser. It is truly a shame but many principals consider this to be a routine exercise.

Written by: rich whitney on Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008 at 8:00 AM