Outraged parents protest outside Redlands school meeting after sexual abuse allegations

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/parents-protest-at-redlands-school-meeting-after-decades-long-child-sexual-abuse-allegations/

Redlands parents crowded their school district's meeting after a CBS News investigation uncovered dozens of child sexual abuse allegations going as far back as 1999.

"Redlands is as bad as they come in our experience," said Saul Wolf, an attorney representing the victims. "The administration, in our opinion, is the problem. With so many people remaining there, that have been there for so long, and nothing changes — well you're going to see the same problems recurring over and over again."

The CBS News documentary discovered 50 students have accused more than 25 teachers of sexual misconduct between 1999-2022. Of those cases, two of which happened in 2022, 11 were investigated by police which resulted in the arrest of nine teachers. According to the Department of Education, an estimated 12% of all public school students in the United States experience sexual misconduct by the time they graduate high school. This equates to over 5.7 million children being victimized by their teachers. Currently, the Department of Education is investigating 145 public school districts, including Redlands, for allegations of sexual violence.