Lawsuits filed last week claim Richland 2 is negligent in they way it hires, trains and supervises staff members. That led to the abuse of special needs preschoolers, the suits say.
The Richland Two school district is facing four lawsuits from parents who allege staff at Bookman Road Elementary School abused special needs 4-year-olds.
Teachers, students and parents marched through Columbia on Oct. 23 in protest of teacher reassignments in the Richland One school district that pulled 11 teachers out of their classrooms.
A Columbia-area school district settled a lawsuit from a parent whose son was allegedly sexually assaulted in Ridge View High School s locker room in 2020, according to the family s lawyer.