Bozgal--I wanted to address your comment about the possibility of suing the school. While I realize that many people assume that that is a distinct option, we were shocked, in our case, to learn that it just isn't feasible.
Our children were repeatedly raped by their teacher's teen son, on the school grounds (during school hours) and at the teacher's home (next door to our house). When the disclosures were made, we were advised by the prosecutors to obtain legal counsel on locking in the right to bring a civil suit. We had three different well-respected attorneys spend hours looking at our case. We were told, shockingly, that we couldn't. The reason? We could not sufficiently show that the school (or the parents) had irrefutable evidence that the teen would be a danger to young children.
So, even though, all eight kids were permanently damaged--all eight, emotionally and one, physically--from their abuse, we sustained tens of thousands of dollars in attorney fees (fighting the Post Conviction depositions 9 years later) and the children will require therapy for the rest of their lives (plus the medical costs related to over 10 suicide attempts and hospitalizations), we are out of luck.
We've even learned that we have no basis to ever subpoena any records concerning the rapist from therapists or the school even though we know (unofficially) that there were other incidents. Not one whit of his records were allowed as evidence at his criminal trial. Only our children's records were allowed in.
In my experience, this young man would have had to have been a known threat ie have been on a behavioral IEP and have been known to have attended anger management classes and have had numerous prior incidents ie this current one, for the family to be able to sue.
When I hear people bemoaning frivolous civil suits, I cringe. I know how desperately my kids need a fund to draw from for ongoing therapy. Our kids' rapist didn't even pay the $64 restitution ordered for his crimes. He did ten years but is now walking free.
I can't tell you how many people, including LE and other attorneys, assume that our kids were "taken care of" through a civil suit. It just isn't so. The ones who could benefit from therapy (five of them), were offered monthly PTSD and talk therapy sessions until they were 18 because they happen to have a medical card due to their special needs adoptive status. The other three received nothing as they were deemed unable to benefit due to developmental disability.
My hope is that Josie has a warm and loving and strong support system. That's what will sustain her. I also hope her family is in close contact with the local crime victims advocacy group. They are essential in accessing services. JMO