Three public high school students who were sexually abused by high school teacher brought separate action against town, town school board, police officer assigned as school resource officer, and high school principal.
Actions were consolidated. The Superior Court granted summary judgment in favor of defendants. Students appealed.
The Supreme Court held that:
- High school personnel lacked reasonable suspicion to believe that teacher was sexually abusing students or exposing them to risk of sexual abuse, as would trigger duty to report under mandatory reporting statute;
- School athletic director’s testimony did not create ministerial duty of professionalism; and
- Defendants had no ministerial duty to monitor security camera video footage at high school.