Kindergarten age child sexually assaulted

[Cainkane1]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/07/2010-09-

What always strikes me as strange is that the teachers and principals never have a clue that things like this go on in their schools. I suspect that in many cases the powers that be in schools do know but feel powerless to deal with it.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

nm misread OP

 

[GeeMack]

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/09/07/2010-09-

What always strikes me as strange is that the teachers and principals never have a clue that things like this go on in their schools. I suspect that in many cases the powers that be in schools do know but feel powerless to deal with it.

This should be a working link.

 

[Checkmite]

Serpe said he was shocked that none of the boys has been brought to justice.

Yes, what happened is pretty horrible and in my opinion it raises questions about what might be happening in those kids' homes. But the above quote - that a bunch of six year olds need to be "brought to justice" - what meaning does this have when we're dealing with kids of these ages? Jail time? I think not.

 

[Cainkane1]

Yes, what happened is pretty horrible and in my opinion it raises questions about what might be happening in those kids' homes. But the above quote - that a bunch of six year olds need to be "brought to justice" - what meaning does this have when we're dealing with kids of these ages? Jail time? I think not.

I agree that these kids are way too young to do jail time but how about calling their parents and telling them what happened? How about the teachers and principals sit the kids down and tell them what they did was wriong? This kind of thing will get you sued if you don't try to dicipline the bad kids.

 

[Checkmite]

The police did an investigation; so did the school. I would imagine at the very least that involved talking to the parents of the kids, if not the kids themselves on each of those groups' part. The article seems to be proceeding from the assumption that nobody has has ever dared to say a single word to the kids about the situation but somehow I find it extremely difficult to believe that is the case. The children might've been (appropriately) thoroughly disciplined by their parents, and I don't feel it's necessary for the parents in turn to detail the proceedings to the newspaper for public approval.

 

[Emet]

From the follow-up article:

Detectives ultimately closed the case because the young ages of the students involved made it difficult to determine what had occurred. Valero has filed a notice of claim against the city - the first step in suing.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...nt_prove_sex_attack_on_5yrold__officials.html

 

[JWideman]

I can't help but ask, WHAT THE HELL ARE 7 YEAR OLDS DOING IN KINDERGARTEN?!?

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

I can't help but ask, WHAT THE HELL ARE 7 YEAR OLDS DOING IN KINDERGARTEN?!?

Why do you hate misunderstand America?

 

[Estellea]

I can't help but ask, WHAT THE HELL ARE 7 YEAR OLDS DOING IN KINDERGARTEN?!?

Welcome to the great new American tradition of red-shirting kindergarteners.

Este

 

[ZirconBlue]

I can't help but ask, WHAT THE HELL ARE 7 YEAR OLDS DOING IN KINDERGARTEN?!?

That is unusual. My daughter had to wait an extra year, since her birthday was after the cutoff, but, at age 6, she was still one of the oldest kids in her Kindergarten class.

 

[Travis]

I can't help but ask, WHAT THE HELL ARE 7 YEAR OLDS DOING IN KINDERGARTEN?!?

If I had to guess I'd say that the kid in question was six years old less than a year ago as such has yet to turn eight years old and is also in Kindergarten.