Allegan Public Schools Sued Over Sexual Abuse
Former Allegan Public Schools officials are being sued by a former student for not acting against an accused child predator who is facing decades in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting four girls at schools in metro Detroit. James Baird was a part-time teacher along with the aquatics director and swim coach at Allegan High School from August 2005 until March 2010, and attorney Ven Johnson says former administrators knew in 2007 he was sexually harassing several girls on the swim team. The district investigated in 2007 and banned him from working with female students, but Johnson says nothing else was done. Baird was fired in 2010 for inappropriate behavior.... [Read Full Story]