Founded in 1898, Miss Hall’s School appears to be a cocoon of safety. But for decades, an alleged sexual predator operated on campus. Alumnae are speaking out in hopes of holding their former teacher—and the school—accountable.
On the other end was Julia Heaton, the head of school at Miss Hall’s—the small all-girls boarding school across the street, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where for three decades—since 1991—Rutledge had been the star history teacher and a charismatic face of the school. Heaton had bad news to share: The school had received a letter accusing Rutledge of sexual misconduct with a former student. Frantic, he texted Hilary Simon, his former student and advisee.
She found herself saying, “I’ve been waiting for this call for 20 years.” As she listened to Fares’s story, a wave of sorrow fell over her: “I just remember feeling so sad that I didn’t protect her, that I didn’t stop him.” Simon shared her story back. For both women the sense of specialness they both once felt was peeled away. Their stories were twin accounts five years apart and overlapping, marked by the same plot points and scenes.
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