{"id":293489,"date":"2021-03-23T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=293489"},"modified":"2021-03-23T18:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T22:00:31","slug":"biden-education-nominee-ignored-sexual-assault-allegations-lawsuit-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-nominee-ignored-sexual-assault-allegations-lawsuit-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Education Nominee Ignored Sexual Assault Allegations, Lawsuit Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-education-nominee-ignored-sexual-assault-allegations-lawsuit-charges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=293489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3022.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Four women say the San Diego Unified School District, under the leadership of district superintendent&nbsp;and Biden Education Department nominee Cindy Marten, turned a blind eye to sexual assault allegations against a teacher and implied that one woman bringing complaints was engaged in a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since Marten assumed the office of superintendent in 2013, allegations of sexual assault and misconduct have plagued the district and led to lawsuits charging misconduct. A group of former students filed a lawsuit last year claiming that Marten mishandled their allegations against a former teacher, Martin Teachworth, who is accused of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now, as Marten is nominated to be the number two at the Department of Education, those young women are speaking up. Loxie Gant, one of the four women who brought the suit, told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that the district&#8217;s failure to take disciplinary action &#8220;enabled a predator.&#8221; Gant met with Marten and other district officials before she filed suit to discuss&nbsp;allegations that Teachworth sexually harassed her in 2003.<\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Biden Administration<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-education-nominee-ignored-sexual-assault-allegations-lawsuit-charges\/\"><strong>Biden Education Nominee Ignored Sexual Assault Allegations, Lawsuit Charges<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/senate-republicans-unveil-bill-to-weaken-federal-labor-arbiter\/\"><strong>Senate Republicans Unveil Bill to Weaken Federal Labor Arbiter<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/blackburn-cartels-traffickers-exploiting-unfinished-border-wall-construction\/\"><strong>Blackburn: Cartels, Traffickers Exploiting Unfinished Border Wall Construction<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During that meeting, Gant told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, Marten implied that Gant was using the meeting as a publicity stunt. &#8220;Cindy Marten turned to me and said that I wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about having my name in the paper after the meeting,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And I kind of just stared at her, and she said, \u2018You do have a lot of friends in the media.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">If confirmed, Marten would oversee K-12 policy. Her first Senate hearing is scheduled for Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Neither Marten nor the San Diego Unified School District responded to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gant said&nbsp;that she believes district officials covered up for Teachworth, the La Jolla High School physics teacher who allegedly groped her and other underage students over a three-decade period\u2014and as recently as the 2014-2015 school year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">For years, the district claimed it had no documentation of Gant and other women&#8217;s allegations against Teachworth. Under subpoena in 2019, district officials &#8220;discovered&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/district-discovers-docs-showing-teacher-suspected-of-crime-received-no-discipline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/district-discovers-docs-showing-teacher-suspected-of-crime-received-no-discipline\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616616957400000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCFyyPb4zkfyM6nhpX8UAOiPbMjg\">documents<\/a> in a filing cabinet in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/where-our-public-records-lawsuit-against-san-diego-unified-stands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/where-our-public-records-lawsuit-against-san-diego-unified-stands\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616616957400000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-IoOIYxKsG_YjF2ZfMijtyZGKbQ\">abandoned<\/a> office building that substantiated complaints against Teachworth and revealed the district did not take action against him.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Marten has opposed reopening schools for in-person learning despite scientific evidence finding low rates of coronavirus transmission in schools. San Diego Unified School District students won&#8217;t return to the classroom until the second week of <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegounified.org\/about\/newscenter\/all_news\/n_e_w_s_r_e_l_e_a_s_e__schools_to_reopen_in_april\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/sandiegounified.org\/about\/newscenter\/all_news\/n_e_w_s_r_e_l_e_a_s_e__schools_to_reopen_in_april&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1616616957400000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdK42YBNINfy4KtGvKRgHp8wN1lg\">April<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gant says Marten is unfit to serve in her current post, let alone the second-highest ranking position at the Education Department.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a crazy double-edged sword. I am so grateful that she would be leaving us here. She has caused me personally so much distress and turmoil and it&#8217;s been really hard,&#8221; Gant said. &#8220;I want her gone, but not this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Another victim in Gant&#8217;s joint lawsuit, who goes by her initials M.H., claims Teachworth assaulted her during the 2014-2015 school year. She says Teachworth touched her breasts on multiple occasions and made sexual comments about her clothing. M.H. reported her assault to four district authorities, but Teachworth received no disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gant reported her assault immediately to a teacher, principal, and district officials. She was made aware of M.H.&#8217;s claims when her mother, a substitute teacher in the district, overheard high school students discussing another alleged sexual assault more than a decade later. Gant decided to approach the district after hearing of that case to address sexual misconduct and was later dismissed in the meeting with Marten.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Enabling sexual abuse &#8220;starts at the top,&#8221; Gant said. And while the #MeToo movement has brought change in sexual assault reporting to higher education, there has been little change in the way K-12 schools report sexual misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;They all knew it was going on,&#8221; Gant said. &#8220;What we&#8217;ve seen now, a lot of institutions have had to insanely edit their policies to be progressive in the way they handled child safety. 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