SEATTLE
– A former Seattle Public Schools student was rewarded a $3 million
settlement from the district stemming from a 2020 lawsuit.
The
former unidentified student claimed she was sexually abused by former
teacher Meghan Miller in 2016. The victim was 15 and a sophomore at
Ballard High School, where Miller coached soccer and was an assistant
with special needs students.
The
lawsuit claimed Miller sexually abused her on a weekly basis until the
victim came forward in 2018. The victim claimed Seattle Public Schools
failed to protect her, despite knowing she posed a danger to children.
Attorneys
claim they uncovered evidence proving SPS knew Miller was a danger.
Miller was initially hired with the district in 2007 at Roosevelt High
School.
Miller
spent two years there and a supervisor said she displayed “a pattern of
predatory behavior.” This and repeated boundary violations with students
led to her firing in 2009.
However,
she still ended up being hired in 2010 at Ballard High School as an
assistant soccer coach. Her duties were expanded in 2015 to helping with
the special education classroom.
Recap : From 2007 to 2009 Miller showed a pattern of sexual predatory behavior and was eventually fired. In 2010 SPS rehired the known sexual predator.
Who else needs to lose a job over this?