Disabled NY teen girl gang-raped by male students in classrom, during class
2:59 pm - 01/15/2013A 15-year-old girl with an IQ lower than 60 has had a lawsuit filed on her behalf Jan. 11 which alleges that she was gang-raped and nearly sodomized by two male students, and that school officials at Martin De Porres Academy in Elmont, New York knew about the attack and did nothing.
The girl, who is only known by court records as K.J., was the only girl in a class of 13. Because of her special education needs, the state of New York allows juvenile delinquents to attend class with non-offending, but mentally disabled, students. Such was the case with K.J.'s attackers who were both currently housed in Casa De La Salle, a home for juvenile delinquents.
K.J. was alleged to have been held under her desk, while being beaten in the face and sexually assaulted. What is worse, this all happened while there were 10 other students and two teachers in the classroom. As an example it is alleged that one of the teen-rapists danced on K.J.'s desk, while his partner attempted to anally sodomize her. Eventually K.J. was able to get away, and she waited until the next day to tell a social worker at the school. Nothing was done.
The lawsuit claims K.J.'s mother fought with school officials for months, during which she endured countless episodes of abuse and bullying. In a documented instance published by New York Daily News in early December the school placed K.J. alone in a room with one of her attackers so they could "discuss" their problems. The talk ended with K.J. leaving with facial lacerations. Again, no criminal action was taken.
Finally, months after the sexual assault, K.J. was allowed to be transfered to a different school.
Ed Dana, the Executive director of Martin De Porres claims that they fired the teachers involved, and that they take bullying very seriously.
The lawsuit is currently pending.
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i'm so fucking sick of this shit.
I know teachers can't see every single thing that goes on in their classroom, but I'm so not buying that they didn't notice this. Which begs the question, what the fuck is wrong with them that they didn't stop it? I can't even. And why are juvenile offenders allowed apparently poorly supervised access to children with disabilities?!
I hope everyone involved in this gets their ass nailed to the wall. Poor K.J. The school had better be providing counseling for her.
because HOW THE FUCK could they NOT NOTICE THIS?!?!
I JUST FUCKING CANNOT.
My guess is that the teachers were scared of the the perpetrators. BUT that is NOT an excuse. Run out to the hall get someone. Get help.
I see the whole school as responsible. The school administration must have known long before this happen that the teacher didn't have control of this classroom. The teacher must have known that they didn't have control of this classroom. Something should have been done long before.
This classroom must have been hell on earth.
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I feel like I've seen too many teachers afraid to stand up to students. But I've never seen anything as horrible as this.
the school placed K.J. alone in a room with one of her attackers so they could "discuss" their problems. The talk ended with K.J. leaving with facial lacerations.
How much "discussion" is a girl with a 60-IQ capable of, especially when the other party is someone she's rightly terrified of? Fucking cruel and inhumane.
I hope NY's policy of allowing juvenile offenders and the severely mentally handicapped to be in the same classroom will end, as a result of this. One group is made up of those who have shown they won't behave, and the other is made up of those who are especially vulnerable in general.
*still raging*
Just as much as anyone else. Having an ID doesn't make you incapable of explaining your feelings.
the school placed K.J. alone in a room with one of her attackers so they could "discuss" their problems.
The fuck? the rule at every place I've worked has been no kids alone in rooms for any reason, let alone leaving a child alone with someone who was already known to have attacked her
I swear have of the teachers I have met through my advocacy are under trained and just out of school. They have no idea how deal with kids with variety of disabilities and needs and many of them get treated like crap by the other staff (this happened to my IEP teacher).
Because of her special education needs, the state of New York allows juvenile delinquents to attend class with non-offending, but mentally disabled, students.
What chucklehead thought this was a good idea!? Yes lets put criminals with Spec.Needs kids what possibly could go wrong!? Look I get rehabilitation with delinquents that have MI or DD, but would it behoove the state to filter children with murder convictions or sexual offenses to be in a classroom with children that communication, intellectual, motor and various other delays? I get putting kids with non violent offenses in Spec.Ed or IEP classrooms, that sounds like ok idea, but kids with violent offenses really sounds kinda dangerous.
This is bad all around.
Edited at 2013-01-15 09:43 pm (UTC)
I thought this same thing.
I can only hope this poor girl can get the counseling she is going to need and can eventually feel safe in her new school. This story made me cry for K.J.
There were two teachers in the room.
THERE WERE TWO TEACHERS IN THE GODDAMN ROOM.
No, I just can't. They got fired? Whoopdee-ding-damn. Look, I don't know the law that well, but if you see a RAPE happening, IN YOUR CLASSROOM, among YOUR students, for whom YOU are responsible, and you don't do a goddamn thing? Being fired should be the LEAST of your punishments.
Edited at 2013-01-15 10:28 pm (UTC)
I want any administrator, counselor, or school system official who was aware of this prosecuted.
I want the fucking asshole who put this poor girl in the same room as her attacker, ALONE, to be prosecuted.
I want the fucking asshole who put this poor girl in the same room as her attacker, ALONE, to be prosecuted.
FUCK YES THIS. I am floored at the idea of putting dangerous violent criminals with vulnerable people. Are budget cuts that bad?!
i fucking quit, shutting down because i can't deal with that much rage