Mom expected to file lawsuit against Aldine ISD after she says 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted

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CHILD SEX ASSAULT

Mom expected to file lawsuit against Aldine ISD after she says 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted

By Charly Edsitty KTRK logo
Thursday, December 7, 2023 9:56AM

An 11-year-old boy was been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child after the victim's mother learned of disturbing surveillance video from an Aldine ISD school bus.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- It's been 10 months since the mother of a 6-year-old came forward with horrific claims of sexual assault that allegedly occurred on an Aldine ISD school bus. ... Now, that mother plans to take legal action to demand accountability. ... Latoya "Stormie" Monroe says she is filing a lawsuit against Aldine ISD, claiming the district failed to protect her child.

Monroe says her 6-year-old may have been repeatedly raped for months as he rode the bus to school before surveillance footage captured one of the alleged attacks. ... The mother said she didn't know about any sort of incident until her son's backpack went missing. She told ABC13 she called school transportation officials to ask them to review the security footage onboard the bus to see if they could tell what happened to the backpack. ... That's when Monroe said she got a call from the school because the assaults were captured on the video.

ORIGINAL REPORT: 6-year-old repeatedly raped by older boy on Aldine ISD school bus, his mother says

Community Activist Quanell X said the child complained of stomach pains, and that's when doctors allegedly discovered internal injuries. Quanell also said that the bus driver thought the previous noise from the back of the bus was of kids fighting.

The other student involved, an 11-year-old, has since been charged with three felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. His identity was withheld due to his age. ... At the time, the school district launched an investigation and notified Child Protective Services, putting out a statement that student safety is top priority.

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[pandr32]

1. Isn't the bus driver responsible for stopping fighting?

It's been a while, but I seem to remember the driver's eyes in the rear view mirror watching the kids. If anyone acted up it was considered dangerous and the driver would intervene--by pulling the bus over and stopping if necessary. Bad conduct was reported.

[2naSalit]

2. There are probably...

So many restrictions on the driver's interaction with the passengers that they can't do much beyond drive the route.

But if it were visible on the recordings, someone should have seen that by the time six months had passed.

[pandr32]

4. You would think the driver was responsible for safety.

The driver on this particular bus acknowledged that "fighting" in the back of the bus was what was thought to cause the noise of repeated rapes on that bus of a 6-yr. old by an 11 yr. old. Those 'fights' happened regularly and obviously not instigated by the driver's 6 yr. old charge.
I cannot imagine any scenario where that driver did not pull the bus over and take charge for the sake of safety. The driver knew the age variety and that this "fighting" was way at the back of the bus. Kids up and out of their seats is a safety problem, but thinking they are out of their seats and fighting in the back is full-on alarm bells.

[2naSalit]

5. I won't argue about that...

I would expect the same. I hope the victim wins their case.

[getagrip_already]

3. Were other students on the bus?

They must have known what was happening. You would think someone would have told a teacher.