Justice for 14-Year-Old Raped After Being Used by Teacher as Bait

Justice for 14-Year-Old Raped After Being Used by Teacher as Bait

Started
October 19, 2010
Petition to
Superintendent, Madison County Schools Dr. Terry Davis and 2 others
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This petition had 4,258 supporters

Why this petition matters

Started by Alex DiBranco

Fourteen-year-old B.H.J. was used as "bait" by a teacher to catch another student who was sexually harassing her, resulted in her being raped.

Though the boy's sexual harassment and propositioning was well known by Sparkman Middle School administrators and teachers, nothing had been done to protect female students.

B.H.J.'s teacher decided to "catch" him in the act by coercing her into meeting him in a bathroom. B.H.J. expected that someone would follow her in, but nobody did. While the teacher waited in her classroom, B.H.J. was raped.

The lawsuit brought by the girl's family against the school states that this incident was part of a systemic failure "to supervise, discipline, suspend and expel students who pose a real and immediate danger to their fellow students."

Tell the Madison County School Board to take immediate action to respond to the situation and make certain such incidents do not occur in the future. This means removing the teacher from her position, expelling the student rapist, and implementing policy guidelines on how schools are expected to deal with sexual harassment that protects victims.

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Decision Makers

  • Dr. Terry DavisSuperintendent, Madison County Schools
  • Geraldine TibbsDirector of Communications/Public Relations
  • Tim SolleyDirector of Middle School Ed.