THE KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT NAIS’ Wellness Agenda Is A Function Of Its Agenda Of Dysfunction Undercover Mothers
“A great man once said, everything is about sex. Except for sex. Sex is about power.”
Delbarton (NJ) former teacher admitted having sex with 50 students, thirteen monks from the abbey that runs Delbarton were accused of sexually abusing 30 people over 3 decades. Grace Episcopal (VA). Concord Academy (MA). Pingry (NJ) dozens of pre-teen children sexually abused. Hotchkiss (CT). Shame. Dalton (NY) headmaster sexually assaulted a disadvantaged child. Carolina Friends (NC). Kamehameha (HI) 30 years of children routinely sent to chief of psychiatry to endure sexual and emotional abuse under guise of “therapy.” Marlborough (CA). Horace Mann (NY) 127 pages detailing 40 years of abuse by multiple teachers and administrators. “’The next thing I knew, he had my penis in his hand. I was so scared. He was a pretty intimidating guy. He began performing fellatio and masturbating,’ Andrew said…‘I left the room and walked to where the dance was. I saw all these kids doing normal eighth-grade things.’” “Teachers also heard and shared stories.” Andover (MA). Pomfret (CT). Groton (MA) Teachers and students isolated and shamed student who alleged sexual abuse for embarrassing Groton. Milton (MA). Systemic. Trinity (NY). Exeter (NH) “Emerging from these systemic deficiencies was a pattern of (Exeter) failing to respond to, investigate, and communicate internally regarding reported misconduct in an effective and appropriate manner and, in certain circumstances, failing to report misconduct to the appropriate authorities” and allowing teachers to be hired elsewhere despite concerns about their behavior. Peck (NJ). Loomis Chaffee (CT). NCS and St. Alban’s (DC). Fordham Prep (NY). Neglect. Portsmouth Abbey (RI). Cate (CA). Carrollwood Day (FL). Solebury (PA) environment that allowed for 50 years of abuse and sex with children. Deerfield (MA) abuse of a 14-year-old by a teacher of four decades. The Gunnery (CT). Porter Gaud (SC) silence in the face of repeated warnings of 39 boys molested. Punahou (HA). Sidwell Friends (DC). Thacher (CA). Cover-ups. St. George’s (RI) concealment of decades-long sexual abuse of over 40 alleged victims and a dozen alleged predatory teachers, staff, and students. “…sports-car-driving associate chaplain Howard ‘Howdy’ White had raped their son…He fired White but…didn’t report White to the Rhode Island State Police or the Department of Children, Youth & Families. When White contacted him shortly thereafter, seeking help, Zane responded warmly, saying that he would pay him an additional month’s salary and reimburse him for his moving expenses…He asked White not to return to St. George’s ‘until one generation has gone through, that is, not for another five years.’ White didn’t return, but he did go on to serve as dean and chaplain at Chatham Hall, a girls’ prep school in Virginia…” Potomac (VA) more than two dozen children sexually abused for more than two decades, school officials who were made aware of the incidents never alerted authorities. St. Paul’s (NH) monitor appointed to oversee the handling of sexual abuse claims resigned, accusing campus officials of hindering his investigation. Attorneys for St. Paul’s wrote a letter to a sexual abuse accuser that she could not return for her senior year unless she dropped all criminal charges against her alleged perpetrators. Darlington (GA). Lawrenceville (NJ) dorm leader repeatedly ordered students to perform naked pushups while he watched as punishment for acting out. Poly Prep (NY). Brentwood (CA). Hockaday (TX). Woodward (NY). Trevor Day (NY). Dunn (CA). Lack of accountability. St. Andrew’s (FL) refusal to be transparent with parents after hiring two law firms to investigate sex abuse complaints. Isidore Newman (LA) student reported that she was bullied by students, parents and even donors after reporting she was sexually assaulted. Choate (CT) allowed many of the teachers accused of sexual assault to remain on campus as Choate kept the allegations of misconduct quiet. Emma Willard (NY). Brearley (NY). Sidwell Friends (DC). Woodward (NY). Tower Hill (DE). Even Prince George’s former UK school. Letters of recommendation were written for staff Independent X School knew were registered sex offenders. In the years 1991 to 2016, the Boston Globe found at least 67 private schools in New England alone faced accusations that staffers sexually abused or harassed more than 200 students. These are only the NAIS Schools (National Association of Independent Schools) that have received media attention. Read just a few school-specific reports: Trinity (NY), Horace Mann (NY), Hotchkiss (CT), Grace Church (NY), Choate (CT). Imagine how many more incidents remain untold, how many more lives were destroyed.
