The girls rushed in from recess to tell their teacher what had happened., a boy, had cornered the five girls by the playground and touched them inappropriately, Kathy Moore said they told her. He had also laid flat on top of one girl and wouldn’t get off when she asked, according to the girls; it made them uncomfortable.
“Any time a child comes to you with a sexual harassment situation, you are legally mandated to report that incident — which I did without hesitation,” she told The Salt Lake Tribune. “And I would do that again and again and again.” But shortly after, in early December 2020, she said she butted heads with Houck about how to handle the reported harassment of the female students. Moore remembers the girls coming to tell her their concerns around Dec. 4.
After that, though, she began to disagree with Houck’s approach. The principal instructed Moore on Dec. 18, she said, to segregate her class by gender — having the boys sit on one half of the room and girls on the other. The segregation of the classroom upset parents, according to the lawsuit. And as far as Moore is aware, no further action was taken to investigate the girls’ complaint or correct the boy’s alleged behavior, and nothing was done to prevent future harassment.
Moore was confused. She hadn’t been told about a transfer and never requested one, she said. When the principal came to her classroom, he said it was just a misunderstanding, she said. She believes the letter was a vindictive move. Public school districts in Utah typically won’t hire an applicant who has one of those letters in their file, she said, and it made it difficult for her to get another teaching position.
'she was demoted and transferred to another school despite having received only top marks on her employee evaluations up until then.' Reported a male student groping and refusing to get off of a female student he was laying on top of. PCSD shameful.
Find out who the kid who harassed the girls is the son of and I bet all the answers will be right there.
Like to read the article But only those who pay get such an entitlement
Wow.
School just pretended it didn’t happen? My kids at preteen age, a visiting kid was harassing their neighborhood friend. They walked her to her house and told her mom. They told me after as if it was most natural thing to do, protect another. These schools are teaching…
This teacher was doing her job protecting students, your children
We should have separate schools for girls and boys.
Unacceptable.
Yikes b/c that boy is most likely being abused as well.
Go get 'em, Kathy. Accountability
Thank you Kathy for listening, standing up and a speaking out for those young girls..
Oooooh! Park City. That's another kettle of fish. Long known as an oligarchy, I'm sure the boy must have been rich. So naturally in PC he can do as he pleases. He'll be r*ping by middle school, But 'He's such a good boy and has such a bright future. Jail would ruin his life!'