School: Safe or Dangerous?

            Deviance in today’s school settings seems to be increasing or at least the numbers of cases recently reported have. In an article in the L.A. Times, a new case of a teacher having sexual relations with her students has been reported. In this case a Spanish teacher at Roosevelt High School, Gabriela Cortez, had sexual relationships with two male students. It was until a week ago, 2 years after the acts ended, that one of the students reported the situation. Cortez was detained “on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse” earlier this week.

            This is only one of the cases that have arisen in the past few weeks among LAUSD. Six employees have already been detained for allegations of “sex-related crimes”, while others are under investigation. One of the most heard about cases in the media was the case at Miramonte Elementary School; where a teacher was cruel and unmoral enough to feed students his semen (supposedly through cookies he handed out).

            These malicious acts have brought these communities together in their outrage and concern for their children’s safety. Schools  have always been seen as a place where students are supposed to be safe from outside danger; but what can be done when the danger is coming from inside sources?

By: Vanessa Torres

Article can be found at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/02/teacher-sexual-relationship-boys-2-years.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29