A New York principal has been reassigned from his position but is still employed by a school district after a report revealed his administration was “deficient” in its response to handling several students who took lewd photos of students with special needs. in a bathroom at Fox. Lane High School in Bedford, New York.
Bedford Central School District Superintendent Robert Glass said during a school board meeting Wednesday that Fox Lane Middle School principal Brett Miller has been reassigned and will work in the district office before leaving in June. 2023, but he will leave sooner if he finds another job.
Four Fox Lane High School students took pictures of special education students in a boys’ bathroom inside the school, according to a report commissioned by the school district, which states that of the four victims, at least three were students with special needs.
Although Miller obtained confessions from two of the students involved in the incident on March 21, the report states that the information was not released to police to investigate the incident.
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Fox Lane High School
(Fox Lane High School/Facebook)
Additionally, according to the report, Miller said during an April 8 board of education meeting that “nobody broke down” when discussing interviews administrators had with students they thought might have been involved.
Karen Close, the mother of an 18-year-old autistic victim, told Fox News Digital that the administration covered up the incident.
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“I think they should all be fired,” Close said. “If I did something that egregious, I’d be fired instantly. The fact that they can do this, that they cover it up, and that it’s fully highlighted and that they can’t really be removed and that they’re protected is really a travesty.”
Upon learning of the incident, Close said she and other families of the students who were involved put up flyers with a tip line and a cash reward for information leading to the identification of the people who took the pictures.
According to the report, the cartel yielded evidence that was turned over to police and school administrators.
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Dissatisfied with the pace of the investigation, Close and other families posted a flyer with a tip line and a cash reward for information leading to the identification of the people who took the photographs.
(Karen Close)
The report states that four of the students were suspended “immediately” for five days, pending a meeting with the superintendent. While the results of the meeting are confidential, Close said the suspended students returned to school at some point during the fall semester.
With the students returning to school, the school district suggested that his son have a full-time aide “who is with him at all times,” according to Close.
