Eleven former students have sued the district and current and former administrators, accusing them of suppressing misconduct reports and instead transferring Israel Santiago to another school.
SAN JOSE — Eleven girls who were sexually abused by a convicted former teacher are suing the Alum Rock Union School District, claiming administrators conspired to cover up his past misconduct and move him around schools instead of reporting him to authorities.
Santiago was arrested in November 2022 following a San Jose police investigation spurred by reports that several students, parents and teachers made to an administrator. The allegations that led to his conviction involved acts dating back to September 2021, and included descriptions of Santiago taking children into a secluded office where he would “hold the girls on his lap and hug them tightly to his body,” according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
According to the filing, the plaintiffs formally accuse the district and current and former administrators of “constructive fraud” in the alleged cover-up of Santiago’s behavior and several instances of negligence, while Santiago is accused of assault and sexual battery. They seek unspecified damages to cover economic losses from the abuse and punitive damages for the district and personnel involved.
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