School officials in Los Angeles will remove the entire staff of the elementary school where investigators are looking into
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two separate cases of alleged child abuse.(Feb. 7)
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[Location: Los Angeles, CA - February 6, 2012][Source: AP][Notes:TRACK 1:]Parents packed into a large high school gym not far Miramonte [Notes:MEE-RUH-MAHN'-TAY] Elementary in South Los Angeles.A grassroots group, Mothers of Miramonte, organized in the wake of the child abuse scandal marched to the meeting, calling for accountability and justice for their children.[NATSOUND] chanting...Cameras weren't allowed into the meeting... where Superintendent John Deasy (DAY'-zee) announced he was reassigning the entire staff at the school.[SOT/JOHN DEASY, LAUSD Superintendent] "That is every adult who works at that school, whether they are a teacher or administrator, or whether they are an after-school playground worker or a custodian or a secretary. I mean every single solitary adult who works at Miramonte." :15[Notes:TRACK 2:]Deasy says the process of interviewing the staff - to find out who knew what and when - is very disruptive to teaching.Also, the hardworking teachers are just as shocked and traumatized as some of the students by the abuse scandal that has rocked their school.[SOT/JOHN DEASY, LAUSD Superintendent] "Staff have reached out for help.They're having a hard time understanding it, just like students are." :07[Notes:TRACK 3:]Parents of children were glad to hear the news first.They've complained bitterly that they weren't informed soon enough about the investigation of two teachers.[SOT/NANCY LINARES, Mothers of Miramonte] "I'm an affected parent. I have a child, a 6-year-old child in school. And I want everybody to know, they're covering up something. That's why they don't want the media in there."[Notes:TRACK 4:]Third grade teacher Mark Berndt is charged with committing lewd acts on students. Another teacher, Martin Springer, was arrested on suspicion of fondling two students.[SOT/OSCAR CRUZ, Father of middle school student] "Ese es el miedo del padre que tengo. Que vaya pasar algo similar a lo que ha pasado. Son vecinas de la escuela y mi hija esta estudiando. Tengo miedo que va a pasar algo."[Notes:TRACK 5 (INCLUDES TRANSLATION OF SOT)]"It's every father's fear - that something similar could happen to my daughter." So Cruz and other families want accountability and vigilance from their neighborhood school.BRYANT THOMAS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: ROD JUSSIM-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: BRYANT THOMAS---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: AP-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ROD JUSSIM----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): NONE--------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:
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