Jamie S. article starts: "A federal judge is refusing to toss out a lawsuit by a former South-Doyle High School science teacher who says she was fired after reporting a student's detailed threats to carry out a mass shooting.

Emi Marie Ellison contends in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court school administrators did nothing to remove the student from class even as the student, identified only as a female member of the ROTC program and its rifle team, continued to detail plans for a mass shooting in January 2015 and fired her for voicing concerns and hiring a lawyer."

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KNS saying that a teachers aide / assistant football coach resigned. Wonder it it's related?

They looked the other way?

The wife of a former South-Doyle High School assistant football coach was arrested on Thursday and charged with six counts of statutory rape and one count of exploiting a minor.
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The DA’s Office also “reviewed the actions” of Justin McCarter, principal Tim Berry and assistant principal/athletic director/head football coach Clark Duncan, focusing on “their conduct in the aftermath of the allegations concerning” Kelsey McCarter.

Prosecutor said they looked into the trio since “this conduct related to state law requiring the immediate reporting of child sexual abuse to DCS of law enforcement officers.”

Should Clark Duncan and Tim Berry be reinstated at South-Doyle High School? The DAG opted not to pursue criminal charges, but adults are required to report child abuse -- and school principals should be held to a higher standard. Balance this serious error in judgment against outstanding careers in public education. And then consider the possible gender double standard at play. I suspect both will be reinstated, but it's a tough call.

Is the issue that there was a delay or a cover-up?

If it was a delay, was it a result of attempting to gather all the facts before reporting the incident, or trying to decide whether to report it?

Was this situation consensual? Was the child over the age of consent? Situations like this can quickly become complicated and weird, and sometimes the effort to make the correct decision can seem to be an unreasonably long delay, in retrospect. It would seem that there are an awful lot of variables to be examined before one could determine if a good faith effort was being made to do the right thing and stay within compliance of the law.

I hope these guys get due process and are treated justly.

Were they investigating a rumor, or something they had verified as fact?

anything other than what's been in KNS. The DAG doesn't have shopper news on her email list for press releases (or her speed dial).