TX - 5 Staff Chgd w/failure to report alleged sexual assault, Midland Christian School, Feb'22

[wendybtn]

I attended this school during 7th and 8th grade in the late 1970's. The local public school school system was not the best. <modsnip> Of course the school is much larger now. I received an excellent education and nothing like this happened while I was there.

 

[tlcya]

MIDLAND, Texas (Nexstar) – Just more than a week after five employees at a Christian school in Midland were arrested accused of covering up a sexual assault on campus, four other staff members at a different Christian school have been arrested on the same charge.

An arrest affidavit has revealed new details in the arrests of four Midland Trinity School administrators who were arrested early Friday. Dean of Students Todd Freese, Director of Admissions Adrianne Clifton, Head of Schools Shelby Hammer, and Head of Middle School Chrystal Meyers have all been charged with Failure to Report Child Abuse with Intent to Conceal.

According to the affidavit, on February 22, 2022, a former Trinity student was interviewed at Midland Children’s Advocacy Center about multiple instances of sexual abuse she said she experienced while at school in 2019. According to the affidavit, the victim was under the age of 14 when the assaults began. The student told a forensic interviewer that the abuse happened frequently over the course of four months and that the last incident had occurred just before Christmas break in 2019.
Staff at 2nd Christian school in Midland arrested
yikes, what is going on down in Midland?

 

[LadyL]

I hope the victim is receiving trauma counselling and idk, what else, anything that will help support him.

 

[mpnola]

You know... I hope I'm wrong. I dont think it's a Midland problem. I think questions have been asked in this community, since the first public report. Which exposed more. But im worried it's an epidemic everywhere. Start asking questions I'm every community! It has to be exposed and stopped

 

[tlcya]

Midland Christian appoints interim superintendent, head baseball coach
The appointment comes after two coaches and three administrators were arrested for allegedly failing to report the sexual assault of a student.

 

[BrownRice]

I worked for a public school corporation for years. Everyone knows anything and everything related to any level of student abuse must be reported to CPS or law enforcement.
With that said, before/during/after the report process, administration is working closely with their attorneys to remove themselves from any wrongdoing and to spin it. These days, the only thing that matters is getting a top ranking. Student safety and learning falls below that in importance.

 

[BrownRice]

MIDLAND, Texas (Nexstar) – Just more than a week after five employees at a Christian school in Midland were arrested accused of covering up a sexual assault on campus, four other staff members at a different Christian school have been arrested on the same charge.

An arrest affidavit has revealed new details in the arrests of four Midland Trinity School administrators who were arrested early Friday. Dean of Students Todd Freese, Director of Admissions Adrianne Clifton, Head of Schools Shelby Hammer, and Head of Middle School Chrystal Meyers have all been charged with Failure to Report Child Abuse with Intent to Conceal.

According to the affidavit, on February 22, 2022, a former Trinity student was interviewed at Midland Children’s Advocacy Center about multiple instances of sexual abuse she said she experienced while at school in 2019. According to the affidavit, the victim was under the age of 14 when the assaults began. The student told a forensic interviewer that the abuse happened frequently over the course of four months and that the last incident had occurred just before Christmas break in 2019.
Staff at 2nd Christian school in Midland arrested
yikes, what is going on down in Midland?

OMG. AND the school wanted the parents to sign a waiver? Unbelievable!

 

[BrownRice]

You know... I hope I'm wrong. I dont think it's a Midland problem. I think questions have been asked in this community, since the first public report. Which exposed more. But im worried it's an epidemic everywhere. Start asking questions I'm every community! It has to be exposed and stopped

with social media so prevalent, we are going to hear more about what used to hidden at schools.

We also need to remind our kids to report these things. They see a video like this, tell their parents.

 

[wendybtn]

Just for clarity, there are articles linked in this thread about two different schools. One is Midland Christian School and the other is Trinity Christian School.