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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so heartbreaking. We have a kid at LAMB now, and were excited at the prospect of our second going there too. I will have to give this real consideration. We aren't at the campus where this happened. I'm glad that the administration has been removed. I am hopeful that with one campus there will be more oversight and less divided attention. I'm still getting very scared to have my babies there. [/quote]

The fact that numerous LAMB teachers spoke out, repeatedly about this teacher should make you feel better. More than one person stuck their neck out to protect the kids. The administration just couldn't or didn't want to believe it could happen.

The administrators who looked the other way are gone (counselor and Encinas). Cottman will be gone in June.

The Board should have asked more questions at the time, IMO. A few new Board members have been added in the wake of this, and they are outsiders, not people known to Cottman. I hope all of the old ones are replaced asap.

Honestly, I think right now your child is safer there, than almost anywhere else because LAMB under a microscope and everyone has learned a hard lesson. 
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This does make me feel a bit better. [/quote]

It doesn't make me feel better. The teachers should have gone to parents and CPS. And just because people at the top are gone does not at all mean there is a culture of accountability and abuse prevention now. [/quote]

And yet I think there is. You're perhaps the one who's delusional thinking this takes a very special situation to happen. No, it can happen at any school. IF proper policies aren't in place. Most parents probably don't know what those are and therefore need to have a review. LAMB now has already implemented safeguards and has a detailed implementation plan to prevent any such instances again. [/quote]

Most schools have proper policies in place -- and have for decades.  Don't you wonder why LAMB didn't put proper policies in place in 2015?  It took more students being abused for them to do that.  [/quote]

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