Six families are suing a North Texas school district alleging that an elementary school “implemented an unauthorized program” that allowed a sixth-grade boy access to sexually assault at least six kindergarten girls in their classroom, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The kindergarten girls all go to Amy Parks-Heath Elementary School in Rockwall ISD. The defendants in the suit are former Amy Parks-Heath Elementary principal Lindy Lewis, former teacher Ashley Rankin and the parents of the sixth-grade boy.
The suit alleges that the parents didn’t know about a program that allowed older students to work with kindergarteners until the after the children were assaulted.
“After learning that their children had allegedly been violated and sexually assaulted, the parents received a letter from school officials stating that the matter was being taken very seriously and that the school would continue to work with authorities to investigate and further address the matter,” the families’ attorneys said in a press release.
The suit alleged that the Rockwall ISD human resources director insisted that the sixth-grader ride the same bus that some of the kindergarten girls that he admitted to sexually assaulting hours earlier were on. The parents also say the school allowed the sixth-grader back on campus for a picnic.
The sixth-grader was prosecuted in the case through the juvenile court system.
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