WebJennifer Lynn Stroud Foundation in Dallas, Texas (TX) Table of contents: Overview Detailed Reports Analysis of Revenue and Expenses Balance Sheets Capital Gains and Losses for Tax on Investment Income Excise Tax Based on Investment Income Statements Regarding Activities Statements Regarding Activities for Which Form 4720 May Be Required The only faculty member who apparently took the time to complain was the schools austere, aging, and aptly named librarian, Mary Jean Livingood. The sexual contact continued through the fall of Jane Doe's sophomore year, until October 5, 1987, when Jane Doe's mother found more love letters from Stroud. 21.032 (Vernon 1987) ("Compulsory Attendance"); Lopez v. Houston Indep. This inquiry can be explored from two angles: either from the perspective that school officials are responsible for properly monitoring and disciplining subordinates (such as schoolteachers) over whom they exercise supervisory authority; or from the viewpoint that school officials have a constitutional duty to protect schoolchildren from known or reasonably foreseeable harms occurring during or in connection with school activities.6 From either standpoint, we find such a duty. 2d 28 (1982), E.g., Yvonne L., 959 F.2d at 890; K.H. Lynn also WebAbove: St. Louis City SC forward Jared Stroud flies into the air as Austin FC midfielder Owen Wolf gains control of the ball during the first half Saturday at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas. In a heart-breaking explanation, Brooke says he didnt physically force her to give up her virginity. With that, Principal Lankford warned Stroud that he would be fired "if something was going on." See Volk, 845 F.2d at 1431 (citing cases); cf. ("Stoneking II "), cert. Maybe she was jealous of Brooke or resentful of Stroud in some way. Find Lynn Stroud's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading people search directory for contact information and public records. Although we chose not to ground this "duty to protect" on the doctrine of "in loco parentis," we expressed our view "that school officials have special duties with associated powers." Bridget was driving to Austin on weekdays to get a degree in interior design at the University of Texas. She was ready to fight. But in October the Supreme Court rejected Lankfords appeal, siding with Brookes right to sue. 1991) (child sexually molested by a man working with a social services agency; agency was deemed a private actor and, thus, not liable under 1983 because it did not act "under color of state law"); P.C. "); J.O. denied, --- U.S. ----, 111 S. Ct. 712, 112 L. Ed. He starts banging on the window. Im stuck. Griffith v. Johnston, 899 F.2d 1427, 1439 (5th Cir. One girl became intoxicated. According to Principal Lankford, Superintendent Caplinger was informed of the several reports concerning Stroud. This basis for liability, as this circuit has already intimated in Horton and Lopez, applies to public school officials, because by compelling a child to attend public school, the state cultivates a special relationship with that child and thus owes him an affirmative duty of protection.13 Although we too would not equate "a school yard to a prison," J.O. Services, 649 F.2d 134, 141 (2d Cir. He worked out with his players. We shall not elaborate at length. During football games, while he stood on the sidelines, he would give Brooke hand signs that only she could understand. Stroud said he didnt care what scurrilous stories the kids at school were inventing about him and Brooke. 2d 233 (1990), and cases cited therein, In Spann for Spann v. Tyler Indep. WebNov 2007 - Present15 years 2 months. They "must show that their conduct did 'not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.' See Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 529-30, 105 S. Ct. 2806, 2817, 86 L. Ed. Alternatively, school officials can be held liable under 1983 for the harms suffered by schoolchildren based on a breach of their duty to protect schoolchildren. by L.R v. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical School, 972 F.2d 1364, 1377, (3d Cir. In his deposition, Stroud admitted that he told Brooke many times that he loved her, adding that he saw her as an equal, not as a student. When a lawyer asked him what harm there might be in a man his age having sex with a girl Brookes age, he replied, I dont know. As recently as last August he told a newspaper reporter, Im not the kind of person who went out and molested little kids or that kind of thing. WebWe have 21 records for David Stroud ranging in age from 38 years old to 117 years old. Both Stroud and Brooke have said that Marcie never acted suspicious about their relationship. School Dist., 690 F.2d 470, 480 (5th Cir. Superintendent Caplinger did not contact Jane Doe's parents to discuss the episode with them.3. 2d 49 (1986) (sexual harassment as a cause of action under Title VII). WebPHCS Network - Beech Street of Texas PPO. Any disputes of fact must, of course, be resolved in Jane Doe's favor in determining whether the appellants are entitled to summary judgment. For a year, Bridget tried to find a lawyer to file a civil suit. 1992) ("A supervisor may be liable under section 1983 if the challenged actions are causally connected to a constitutional violation. But Lankford was suspicious about Brittani. She saw two school photographs of Stroud, smiling widely in an open-collared shirt. Taylor school officials insist they did everything they could to protect the girl and to investigate Stroud (who still lives near Taylor and would not comment for this article). View Source Share Save to Suggest Edits Memorial Photos Flowers Created by: Nancy Yankie Sidarous Added: 2 Jun 2019 Find a Grave Memorial ID: Once the relationship became public, Brooke felt guilty that she had never tried to stop him from having sex with her. Jane Doe explained that she had kept the matter a secret all this time because she feared the repercussions of disclosure. School superintendents and principals have a duty to police the halls of our public schools to insure that schoolchildren, who are obliged to attend, have an opportunity to learn and study in a school environment free from sexual molestation and harassment. So, when the state has in some significant way separated the child from the persons otherwise responsible for taking precautions to shield the child from the social milieu, the state assumes a corresponding duty to provide that protection, for a child is ordinarily incapable of fending for himself. Holland, TX, is where Jesse Stroud lives today. It was no secret within the school In the hallways of Taylor High, however, the rumors began to grow. A furious Bridget, already stunned that Stroud would spend less than half a year in prison, wanted justice. He ate with the teachers in the lunchroom instead of off-campus with students. Before she set foot in Taylor high school. You would also think it indisputable that a school superintendent and a school principal, once aware that such reprehensible conduct was taking place on their campus, would have not only a moral duty, but also a legal duty, to stop it--that the Constitution would not tolerate their looking the other way or taking only meager measures to protect a 14 year-old schoolgirl from being sexually abused by one of their subordinates. Taylor received a degree from University of Arkansas in 2022. We are constrained to review the facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party in the court below, here, Jane Doe. Lives in Mississauga, Ontario. Observing that schoolchildren are "too young to be considered capable of mature restraint," the court explained that a public school. Later, when Bridget asked Brooke about the note, she said it was just a harmless gesture of friendship. That followed an eight-year run at N.C. State, first as director of strength and conditioning from 1999-2004, and then as associate head coach/defensive line from 2004-06. We therefore remand this case to the district court for trial so that a jury can decide whether Superintendent Caplinger and Principal Lankford should be granted an "excused absence" with respect to their response (or lack thereof) to Jane Doe's predicament. She said she had heard from a church friends daughter that Stroud was using sexual innuendos in his biology lectures. WebThe 2022 Duke Blue Devils men's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. For the most part, other teachers just sighed when they walked past Strouds room and saw girls gathered around his desk. We need to move on with our lives., Brooke Graham is trying to do the same thing. Before she set foot in Taylor high school as a freshman, she had heard about Coach Lynn Stroud. Accepts New Patients. School Dist., 817 F.2d 303, 305 (5th Cir. Doe's parents discovered photographs of Stroud among Doe's possessions with such handwritten inscriptions by Stroud as: "Please don't ever change and don't ever leave me. It got to a point where I couldnt even go out and have a good time with my friends because I was wondering what he was doing, Brooke says. Incredibly, Caplinger had already received another report that very day about Stroud. 2d 804 (1989); Pagano by Pagano Massapequa Public School, 714 F. Supp. The alleged constitutional violation in this case is the failure of Superintendent Caplinger and Principal Lankford to protect Jane Doe from the sexual molestation visited upon her by Coach Stroud, a subordinate of Caplinger and Lankford's. Lopez v. Houston Indep. See International Shortstop, Inc. v. Rally's, Inc., 939 F.2d 1257, 1263 (5th Cir. 1989) (holding that elementary school students, who were required by law to attend school, were entitled to some affirmative protection form abuse by other students during the school day"); see also Stoneking II, 882 F.2d at 723 ("Arguably, our earlier discussion noting that students are in what may be viewed as functional custody of the school authorities during their presence at school because they are required to attend under Pennsylvania law is not inconsistent with the DeShaney opinion."). She did, however, see Marcie one more time. She had gone to the high school gym with Brooke and her friends one Sunday afternoon and played basketball with Stroud. Then she got back a test paper with a note. He organized the towns first chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Since his 1981 arrival in Taylor, after a series of coaching jobs in other small-town high schools, Stroud had developed a reputation as a coach who motivated more through friendship than by authority. Stroud took full advantage of his position as Brookes teacher . It was also hard to find anyone who did not know the cheerful Lynn Stroud, the defensive coordinator for the Ducks.