The Los Angeles Unified School District has settled a whopping 58 legal claims filed in conjunction with the sexual abuse of students at Miramonte Elementary School in South L.A. [ more › ]
Attorneys representing parents in 58 legal claims have agreed to a $30-million settlement with the Los Angeles Unified School District over alleged abuse perpetrated at Miramonte Elementary School. The settlement, part of an effort by LAUSD and the children's parents...
Now that the Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to a $30-million settlement in the Miramonte Elementary School case, the teacher accused of lewd acts against dozens of children is set to appear in court next month. Mark Berndt,...
The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay about $30 million to settle 58 legal claims involving a former Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children, plaintiffs’ lawyers said Tuesday. These are the first settlements in...
The Los Angeles Unified School District will pay about $30 million to settle 58 legal claims filed by students and parents in connection with lewd-conduct charges against a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School, plaintiffs' lawyers said Tuesday. Each of...
1. Los Angeles School Police officers provide security as parents and their children gather outside of Miramonte Elementary school to protest as the investigation continues. 2. Students stand behind as a policeman and a teacher try to defend them against an intruder … Continue reading ?
As the Los Angeles Unified School District tries to settle claims filed in connection with a teacher who allegedly molested children at Miramonte Elementary School, a jury awarded $6.9 million to another district student in a separate sexual abuse case.
An L.A. County Superior Court judge on Thursday lifted a stay on lawsuits arising from alleged lewd conduct at Miramonte Elementary School. The order, by Judge Malcolm Mackey, allows attorneys representing students and parents to proceed formally with their lawsuits....
In the wake of Mark Berndt and the Miramonte Elementary School child abuse case, California state senator Alex Padilla (D-Los Angeles) introduced SB 1530 last March, which would have made moderate adjustments to suspension and dismissal procedures for teachers accused of “serious or egregious unprofessional conduct.” If you think I’m understating the scope of the bill, read [...]
Attorneys for the Los Angeles Unified School District announced Thursday that the district intends to settle 189 legal claims filed in connection with lewd-conduct charges against a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School by the end of January.
Attorneys filed four more lawsuits this week in connection with lewd-conduct charges against a former teacher at Miramonte Elementary School.
An attorney representing two dozen students urged school officials Monday to take more aggressive action in response to alleged lewd conduct at Miramonte Elementary School. The Los Angeles Unified School District should agree to an independent monitor over safety issues,...
Former Miramonte Elementary School teacher Martin Bernard Springer must stand on three counts of child molestation for allegedly inappropriately touching a girl, a judge has ruled.
A former Miramonte Elementary School student, who is among a group of children suing over alleged teacher sexual misconduct, has transferred from one middle school to another after she was allegedly beaten by other students. The incident apparently was unrelated...
The entire staff at Miramonte Elementary was replaced last February after the allegations against two teachers. Administrators wanted to show parents they were taking action. Now, cleared of any wrongdoing, the other teachers are back in their classrooms.
School opened for the year at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles, where teachers were abruptly removed fin February following the arrests of a current and a former teacher charged with lewd conduct against students. Tuesday, 45 of the original teachers, cleared of any wrongdoing, were back.
School opened Tuesday at Miramonte Elementary with the normal bustle and excitement -- as well as four TV news vans, two school police officers and 16 psychiatric social workers. But the most notable event was the first day back teaching...Show More Summary
Attorneys representing 14 mothers of students at Miramonte Elementary School announced Tuesday the filing of a lawsuit that alleges the school district did not protect their children from a teacher accused of lewd acts involving children. The lawsuit claims the Los Angeles …
In the wake of a sex abuse scandal that included students being fed cookies with semen on them, 14 parents of students who attended Miramonte Elementary School are suing the LA Unified School District, reports KTLA. [ more › ]
Is this the case of an accused man's attorney calling the "waaaaaambulance" or a legit gripe? The lawyer representing ousted Miramonte Elementary School teacher Mark Berndt says "his client is unjustly suffering behind bars," according to CBS2. [ more › ]