Charges against a former Brookline teacher have reignited discussions about what is needed to prevent sexual abuse from happening in schools:
When Larry Chen, a former Brookline middle school teacher, was arrested last month many members of the community were left reeling.
After the first attempt in 2015, district leaders reinstated Chen in the face of community backlash, including protests urging the school committee and the superintendent to save his job. "What people don't know is that behind the scenes, there's a lot that's going on in terms of dealing with the issue."The high level of confidentiality involved in processing and investigating abuse allegations has become a significant tension point for advocates and district leaders alike.
At the same time, maintaining secrecy while an investigation is underway raises a lot of questions from the community. Parents may wonder why a teacher has been placed on leave, or what the district is investigating. They also want to be reassured that their children are safe. The result is a situation that can be complicated to manage.
According to school leaders, the constraints on what they can say and do contribute to a pattern known by advocates as “passing the trash," where suspected abusers jump from school to school. "It is serious to report someone," said Jetta Bernier, the executive director of MassKids, a child advocacy group."And that's why our focus is on what are those boundary violating behaviors that we can interrupt early on, so that we never have to get to the point of having to report someone [to state officials]."
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