Two charter school administrators have been suspended for 10 days each without pay following a 13-year-old girl's claim that she was raped by a boy during a state proficiency test in March. Dayton Academy Principal Emory Wyckoff should have called police as required by state law, said Adam Tucker, a spokesman for New York City-based Edison Schools, which manages the school.Wyckoff's suspension will begin in July. Assistant Principal Aundray Brooks also was suspended. Brooks was supervising the state-mandated standardized test but left the room to deal with a noisy situation in the hallway. The girl told police that a 14-year-old schoolmate attacked her during that time. Brooks will begin his suspension Friday. Both administrators have received letters outlining the reprimands and the rationale behind it, Tucker said.
Any administrator who doesn't call police for such a situation should be looking for work. And how long was the room free of adult supervision? Weren't there any other kids in the room? Why didn't someone else step in to help? The claim is bizarre - this is something that shouldn't have been possible.
Posted by kswygert at June 22, 2005 10:28 AM