Sugar-Salem School District settles Title IX case for $300,000
Sami Edge, IdahoEdNews.org
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SUGAR CITY (IdahoEdNews.org) The Sugar-Salem School District 322, through its insurance company, paid $300,000 to a former student this June, settling a federal Title IX lawsuit where she alleged the district failed to protect her from a school counselor who groomed her for a sexual relationship.
Miriam Torres, formerly Miriam Sevy, filed the suit in 2017. She graduated from the Sugar Salem-School District in 2014, and alleges that from her sophomore to senior year, former school counselor Bryce Owen groomed her to have sex with him once she reached the age of 18.