This story is of interest as it is part of my old stomping grounds as well as athletic rivalry in high school. Nichols is a private non-denominational school in WNY. home of former Duke and NBA player Christian Laettner; also a member of the 1992 Olympic "Dream Team".
Three former administrators [Richard Bryan, Peter Cobb, Mary Rockwell] from Nichols School were criticized in an investigators' report for failing to take action against teachers involved in sexual misconduct or inappropriate relationships with their students.
If the administrators worked in public school systems, New York state laws would have required them to report such allegations immediately to law enforcement.
But because of a loophole in state law, there is no such requirement for administrators at private schools like Nichols.
"For a public school administrator, it's a crime not to report it. For a private school administrator, there's no law against failing to report it," said Stephen P. Forrester, director of government relations for the not-for-profit New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. "There is a huge loophole in state law, and it's long overdue to fix it."
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Flynn's comments came one day after Nichols released a report detailing its investigation into 10 teachers who had improper relationships with students over more than four decades. Nichols hired a Washington law firm to investigate last May after receiving a letter from Elizabeth Russ Mohr, a 1994 Nichols graduate who reported having a romantic and sexual relationship with her physics teacher at the school. Mohr was 17 at the time of the affair, and the teacher, Arthur Budington, was 48.
Nichols probe: Loophole doesn't require private schools to report sexual misconduct - The Buffalo News
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