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05-10-2006, 01:41 PM
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (AP) -- Twelve boys in the first and second grade at a St. Louis elementary school are accused of sexually assaulting a second-grade girl during recess, authorities said Tuesday.
One teacher who was supposed to be supervising the recess has been fired, and another suspended with pay, school superintendent Creg Williams said.
Ten of the boys, ages 6 to 8, were suspended for the rest of the school year, and the other two received five-day, in-school suspensions. (Watch to see the scene and what the school plans for alleged attackers -- 2:44 (javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2006/05/10/freed.mo.grade.school.assault.affl','2006/05/17');))
No names were released.
The girl, who is 8, was unharmed physically but will not return for the rest of the school year. "We don't know what type of emotional scars it will have on the young lady," Williams said.
The incident happened Friday at Columbia Accelerated Community Educational Center, a school with 400 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade on the city's north side.
During the recess shortly after lunch, a student alerted a teacher when he saw several boys huddled around the girl who was on the ground.
Police turned the investigation over to juvenile authorities. A court official said the boys could face misdemeanor counts of sexual misconduct and assault.
These people can't be serious! An 8 year old kid charged with sexual misconduct and assault?? much less a 6 year old?? I'd really like to know what they did... http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smirolleyes.gif
One teacher who was supposed to be supervising the recess has been fired, and another suspended with pay, school superintendent Creg Williams said.
Ten of the boys, ages 6 to 8, were suspended for the rest of the school year, and the other two received five-day, in-school suspensions. (Watch to see the scene and what the school plans for alleged attackers -- 2:44 (javascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/us/2006/05/10/freed.mo.grade.school.assault.affl','2006/05/17');))
No names were released.
The girl, who is 8, was unharmed physically but will not return for the rest of the school year. "We don't know what type of emotional scars it will have on the young lady," Williams said.
The incident happened Friday at Columbia Accelerated Community Educational Center, a school with 400 students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade on the city's north side.
During the recess shortly after lunch, a student alerted a teacher when he saw several boys huddled around the girl who was on the ground.
Police turned the investigation over to juvenile authorities. A court official said the boys could face misdemeanor counts of sexual misconduct and assault.
These people can't be serious! An 8 year old kid charged with sexual misconduct and assault?? much less a 6 year old?? I'd really like to know what they did... http://spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/smirolleyes.gif