Only one person accused of sex abuse in Carol Lynne Maner's lawsuit against the Fayette public schools is still involved in education.Richard M. Kazee was a social studies teacher and soccer coach at Lafayette High School in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Maner alleged that he and other teachers in the Fayette County school system sexually abused her. A jury awarded Maner $3.7 million Thursday for her suit against the Fayette County Board of Education for ignoring allegations of abuse.
Kazee is listed as athletics director and the boys' soccer coach for Arbor View High School on Web sites for the Las Vegas school and for the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.
Late yesterday, an official with Nevada's Clark County School District said the district was unaware of Kazee's past, which also includes a conviction on a misdemeanor sex solicitation charge.
"We will certainly be looking into the situation and taking action as appropriate," said Martha Tittle, chief human resources officer for the Clark County district.
In 1991, Kazee was convicted of soliciting an undercover police officer for sex and suspended from teaching, according to his Fayette County personnel file.
He didn't lose his job after the conviction because a judge and a three-member tribunal decided the school district had not acted quickly enough in coming to a decision on his case. Kazee was suspended a second time in November 1991 after drinking beer on campus during a first aid class for coaches. Kazee fabricated a story about switching the beer with non-alcoholic beer to cover up the incident, according to school personnel files.
He resigned shortly after that.
Kazee sued the Fayette County Board of Education and Ronald E. Walton, the superintendent at the time of his resignation, to get his job back in 1992. The suit was eventually dismissed...
...Two other teachers Maner accused were arrested last week: Jack Russell Hubbard, a former Beaumont Junior High School science teacher, and Roberta Walter, a former Beaumont art teacher. Walter has been charged with third-degree sodomy and third-degree rape. Hubbard has been charged with third-degree rape and four counts of first-degree sodomy.
Lexington police detective James Root said he couldn't comment on why Kazee has not been charged because the investigation is still open.
Gardner has denied Maner's allegations. He became principal of Tates Creek High School before retiring in 2004.
Maner also accused former Beaumont Junior High School guidance counselor Bill Martin of abusing her and former Lafayette assistant principal Fran Edwards of trying to abuse her. Edwards retired in 1997 and has denied the allegations. Martin retired in 1988 and died in 2004.
This from the Herald-Leader.
2 comments:
Kazee was a pervert in Las Vegas, too. HS wife was high up in the district, so she was able to cover for him.
I has Mr. Kazee as a coach and a teacher throughout my hs career. He was a great friend and never inappropriate EVER!! This story saddens me. I hope he doing well.
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