News4JAX obtained hundreds of pages of documents related to Duval County School's investigation into a former Douglas Anderson School of the Arts teacher accused of inappropriate behavior.
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Corey Thayer, a former teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts.Investigation of twice removed Douglas Anderson teacher accuses him of sexual encounters with 14-year-old The Office of Equity and Inclusion and Professional Standards received an email on March 28, 2023, from a former Douglas Anderson student. The student provided a written statement describing a “mutual attraction” with Thayer, the document said. On Sept. 1, 2023, the office learned that the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was actively investigating allegations made by the 2015 victim against Thayer, prompting the reopening of the 2015 investigation. Former Superintendent Dr. Dana Kriznar sent an email on Sept. 1 stating that Thayer was removed from student contact and reassigned pending the outcome of the investigation.On Oct. 10, 2023, an investigator interviewed the victim via Zoom with Attorney Chris Moser present. The document said the victim claimed there was a “culture” in the film department that Thayer favored freshman girls. She alleged that he gave her and her friends nicknames, his sweatshirt, joked with her, and gave her piggyback rides. She also claimed she sat on Thayer’s lap and that he would rub her back, breasts, or bottom, according to the document.The victim further alleged that in October or November 2013, she went to the sound booth at Douglas Anderson during school hours and performed oral sex on Thayer for the first time, the document stated. She said she performed oral sex on him three more times afterward. In November 2013, she claimed to have had penetrative sex with Thayer in the sound booth, stating it was not forced, although she was “hesitant” and expressed reluctance, the document reported. An interview with Thayer was scheduled for May 3, 2024, as part of the investigation. However, the interview was canceled on May 2 with plans to reschedule, but Thayer resigned on May 15, 2024, and no interview was conducted. Allegations from nearly 10 years ago led to the removal of Douglas Anderson department chair for second timeAlso in June of 2024, then Superintendent Kriznar made good on her promise to create and begin implementation of a plan to enhance student safety.The plan also includes the campaign to Know the Line, an initiative to increase awareness of appropriate boundaries between students and staff and how to report situations in which those boundaries may have been violated.We also reached out to the victim, Thayer’s attorneys, and the Florida Department of Education for comment about the investigation documents and are awaiting responses.Ariel Schiller joined the News4Jax team as an evening reporter in September of 2023. She comes to Jacksonville from Tallahassee where she worked at ABC27 as a Weekend Anchor/Reporter for 10 months.This may be the last PDF app you ever need
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