The exterior of Scott School in Northeast Portland. A lawsuit alleges that a Scott student was assaulted there by classmates both during school and at an county-sponsored afterschool program.Courtesy of Portland Public Schools/Beth Conyers
The family of a Portland Public Schools student says employees of both the district and a Multnomah County-sponsored after-school program operated by nonprofit Latino Network failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted at age 9 by four fellow students.
Late last month, the family filed a lawsuit in Multnomah County Circuit Court seeking up to $9 million in damages, on grounds including negligence, lack of oversight and failure to protect a vulnerable person from abuse.
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