FCPS opens investigation into groping allegations at Fairfax HS

[Anonymous]

This issue is symptomatic of a larger issue. These events cannot be reversed regardless of what FCPS, FCPD, or the families do. But will all of you continue to vote for the politicians and school board that created this. That created a policy that people up to 22 years old are mixed in with regular teenagers versus offering high school equivalence options not in the general high school. Or the idea that this guy—- illegal adult repeat offender, won’t be expelled ever and won’t be deported. To blame the principle for being trapped in a system all of you probably helped create is the ultimate hypocrisy. I have voted against the incumbents in the school board for 15 years as the slide into crap hecame ever more apparent. And now I am doing the same with the board of supervisors as the entire county is a mess. What will you do to actually prevent this from happening again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Principal should lose her job. It doesn’t take an “investigation” to see she lied to the parent body on her email, as well as re-traumatizing the victims. Regardless of what happens to the perpetrator, the principal has failed.

I promise there’s a million emails of staff warning them about this kid. We see, we tell admin, nothing happens, until or unless it does, and then it’s like OMFG. I think sometimes it’s just by the grace of god that more incidents like this don’t happen in schools because the amount of red flags we send up that get ignored is appalling.

I can believe that.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Principal should lose her job. It doesn’t take an “investigation” to see she lied to the parent body on her email, as well as re-traumatizing the victims. Regardless of what happens to the perpetrator, the principal has failed. [/quote]

Are you really still holding on to the idea that the principal wrote that letter? FCPS writes the letters, or at least the important parts, to the community whenever there is an incident like this. [/quote]

Who is “FCPS”? Reid? An attorney? The principal let it go out under her name knowing it libeled the victims. For that she should be fired. If others participated in drafting a letter which lied to parents they should similarly go. [/quote]



I don’t think it would be surprising to most people to discover that attorneys or communications teams write or edit letters that go out under a principal’s name in legal matters like this. Also, the idea that a principal “let” something go out is laughable. When you work for an organization or a company, unfortunately, you send what you are told to send. Any principals or former principals willing to speak up on this?
[b]Also, can someone help me understand why you think a principal would cover something like this up? There is no possible way a person who cares about students and also knows that they could lose their job would knowingly allow someone to hurt the kids we are there to protect[/b]. It doesn’t pass the common sense test, as much you might want to believe it.
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Why would we assume that the principal cares about the kids they are there to protect or imagines that failure to protect them would probably lead to a job loss?

All sorts of people--police officers, doctors, commonwealth attorneys, presidents-- have shown since time immemorial that taking an oath/getting hired under a job description to protect, serve and assist says nothing about the character of the individual in the position and will not compel them to act according to said oath/job description.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Principal should lose her job. It doesn’t take an “investigation” to see she lied to the parent body on her email, as well as re-traumatizing the victims. Regardless of what happens to the perpetrator, the principal has failed.

Are you really still holding on to the idea that the principal wrote that letter? FCPS writes the letters, or at least the important parts, to the community whenever there is an incident like this.

Who is “FCPS”? Reid? An attorney? The principal let it go out under her name knowing it libeled the victims. For that she should be fired. If others participated in drafting a letter which lied to parents they should similarly go.

I don’t think it would be surprising to most people to discover that attorneys or communications teams write or edit letters that go out under a principal’s name in legal matters like this. Also, the idea that a principal “let” something go out is laughable. When you work for an organization or a company, unfortunately, you send what you are told to send. Any principals or former principals willing to speak up on this?
Also, can someone help me understand why you think a principal would cover something like this up? There is no possible way a person who cares about students and also knows that they could lose their job would knowingly allow someone to hurt the kids we are there to protect. It doesn’t pass the common sense test, as much you might want to believe it.

Why would we assume that the principal cares about the kids they are there to protect or imagines that failure to protect them would probably lead to a job loss?

All sorts of people--police officers, doctors, commonwealth attorneys, presidents-- have shown since time immemorial that taking an oath/getting hired under a job description to protect, serve and assist says nothing about the character of the individual in the position and will not compel them to act according to said oath/job description.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is what will happen. FCPS will spend more money on attorneys to investigate, there will be no justice for the girls molested and no punishment for the boy who will be back in school to do it again.

At least one of the girls has retained counsel so it will be interesting to see if the school wants to settle with her.

FCPS will spend more on legal fees fighting the girls than they would spend by settling.

Settling what? FCPD responded to a call on March 5th, the alleged assailant was arrested on March 7th.

“In court records, the original offense dates are listed as Feb. 25, 2026, and Ortiz’s arrest date is listed as March 7, 2026.

More than two weeks after the incidents were reported, Fairfax High School Principal Georgina Aye sent an email to parents on March 12.”

If these dates are accurate, he assaulted 13 girls over two weeks. You honestly believe FCPS didn’t find out until 2 days before his arrest lol. The parents said they had been reporting this to the school all year.

[Anonymous]

Didn't the judge say something about seeing video?

[Anonymous]

is this groping or sexual assault why down play it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Four more girls have come forward, the additional charges were announced today. That's 13 girls known to have been assaulted. Beyond the principal, who else at the school knew of this and didn't report it? Failure to report an adult assaulting children is a crime unto itself.

It is very possible many adults reported this kid for many reasons and bizarre Byzantine “discipline matrices” had to be followed or “there wasn’t proof” or they didn’t want to suspend/expel because the data looks bad and he was clearly an EL student to be there at that age. But I promise you, as a high school teacher, I’d get anything MANY adults in that building reported this kid and tried to get him out of there and are now seeing this like yep, we begged you to do something.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Why all the democrat hate? I pretty sure it is the republicans who are okay with sexual assault.

Throw the book at the adult- I don’t care about his immigration status. He is assaulting children so be done with him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why all the democrat hate? I pretty sure it is the republicans who are okay with sexual assault.

Throw the book at the adult- I don’t care about his immigration status. He is assaulting children so be done with him

I’m a Democrat and: no. This principal failed as an educator and fundamentally she failed to protect girls in her care. I don’t care what political party she is— or the board is— she needs to go.

[Anonymous]

Shouldn't these adults illegal or not being going to the alternative school why have them with minors

[Anonymous]

New charges. Another 4 girls and police tacking on the charges.

https://wjla.com/news/local/fairfax-high-school-illegal-immigrant-student-virginia-arrest-sexual-assault-groping-case-crime-more-charges-victims-come-forward-safety-touching-enforcement-education-teen-ice-steve-descano

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't these adults illegal or not being going to the alternative school why have them with minors

No. In the U.S. special education students and English language students can stay in school until 22 (well more like 21 but to be technical we will say 22). And there are many many many EL students who are good students and hard workers trying to get a diploma when they got here at age 16/17 and began school late and need more time. They should not automatically be shuffled to “the alternative school.”

[Anonymous]

The principal should be fired and whoever else brushed it under the rug. But FCPS doesn’t hold employees accountable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't these adults illegal or not being going to the alternative school why have them with minors

No. In the U.S. special education students and English language students can stay in school until 22 (well more like 21 but to be technical we will say 22). And there are many many many EL students who are good students and hard workers trying to get a diploma when they got here at age 16/17 and began school late and need more time. They should not automatically be shuffled to “the alternative school.”

This is why the budget for FCPS keeps growing even with declining enrollment. 20% of FCPS students are EL learners. 1 in 5. And many can’t even read or write in their primary language. FCPS can’t even afford alternative schools. Meanwhile these kids are a drag on everyone else.