It happened in a state with a history of failing to protect students.
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Tue. May 12, 2020
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An Elementary School Repeatedly Dismissed Allegations Against Its Principal. Then, an FBI Agent Pretended to Be a Teenager.
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The principal for one of Alaska’s largest rural elementary schools, in a region with some of the highest sex crime rates in the country and a state with a history of failing to protect students, was allowed to remain on the job until the FBI got involved.
by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News, and Greg Kim, KYUK
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