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My sister and I have a friend that lives near our old neighborhood and her SS goes to our old high school. Her skid has an 18 year old friend and our friend discovered that this kid is a violent sex offender and goes to school with her skid (senior). I looked up his record and it is horrendous. He's been a registered sex offender since he was 13. And has failed to register on time for 3 of those 5 years.
I told her I think she should find out why this kid is allowed to go to a regular public school. She doesn't want to do that. She said she's worried about what will happen IF someone finds out she told us about this kids offender status.
My sister and I both think that there is no way for anyone to know she anyone and that the safety of 2000 faculty and students is more important than a "what if?"
I'm not trying to harass this kid but not only is he guilty of aggravated sexual battery and sodomy of a child younger than him she told him this kid is always in trouble at school, getting suspended for fighting etc. So it's not like he reformed or anything. I wouldn't want this kid going to school with my kid.
Wouldn't this kid's parents be obligated to inform the school of this information? Maybe the school knows...
Should we look into this or just let it go since his time at the school is almost over?
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I don't think I'd be able to
I don't think I'd be able to let this go. Not just because it sounds like a scary situation, but also out of sheer curiosity... how can this situation come about and be allowed to continue?
I'd look at it more as research. And keep the emotions low-key. For now.
Maybe I'm just being dense
Maybe I'm just being dense but why would your friend care if anyone found out she told you the kid is a sex offender. He is supposed to be self reporting anyway.
Yea I don't know. I figure
Yea I don't know. I figure any backlash from his family would be illegal. I would sing like a canary and I wouldn't care if they knew I told.
In the school district where
In the school district where I work, we get an updated list once a month of all registered (compulsory school aged) sex offenders. There really isn't much more the district can do other than monitor/be aware. If the kid is a registered sex offender my guess is that probation is involved as well.
I bet you'd be surprised/shocked/appalled/frightened/all of the above if you knew some of the things students do now a days...and pretty much 10000% of the time it's in direct correlation to shitty parenting/lack of parenting.
So they can go to a regular
So they can go to a regular public school? I know that kids have a right to a free public education but here if you are bad they usually send you to the alternative school where there are cameras in the classroom and heavy security. That's why I was curious as to whether or not the school knows about it. My neighbor's son got sent there for truancy and frequent suspensions due to fighting.
Yes they can go to regular
Yes they can go to regular public. A public school can not deny a compulsory aged (6-16) student for any reason other than residency. They can however, like you said, send them to an alternative school or something of that nature, but that's not free, so you can imagine how often that happens.
We had a student a few years back that we were paying to attend an alternative school due to these kind of behaviors (rape, sexual contact with minor etc) Due to some glitch with the alternative school where he was attending, I had to administer our state Regents exams to him in our district so he could get his high school diploma. Around 2 years ago (he was in his early 20s)he was arrested and later convicted of raping a child under the age of 16. It made me sick when I saw it to think that I interacted with this kid. But I've also had interacted with students who went on to murderer, rob banks, and pretty much everything else so I guess it's just par for the course
Call the police anonymously
Call the police anonymously and report that a registered sex offender is attending that school and ask what the heck is up with that.