Monday, April 28, 2008

Statesman News Critique

" Judge rules for Austin schools in student sex case"
May 7th, 2008

When: January 2007

Where:Austin, Texas
Why: The student had at first in January 2004 denied having sex with Johnston, but as of January 2007, is stating that they did have sex.
Who: A former Bowie High School student v. former Bowie High School Color Guard instructor, James Scott Johnston.
What happened: A former Bowie High student, is now claiming that he has sexual relations his former Color Guard Instructor, after he denied it 3 years prior. The student never told any teachers or administrative staff that he had sex with Johnston while attending Bowie,but wanted to bring the case back up against AISD.

How: The student claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Johnston when he was 16 and attending Bowie an AISD school. He denied having sex with his color guard instructor in 2004 but he is now claiming that AISD didn't do enough to pretect him.


Newsworthiness:


Quotes:"The evidence is overwhelming that the one person who had knowledge of what was going on failed to tell anybody,"-District Judge Sam Sparks