Anchorage

Alaska School Hid Evidence of Employee Sexually Abusing Disabled Kids – Lawsuit

Begich Middle School teacher’s aide Julianti Clarke, 62, was charged with abuse in October 2014, after surveillance video showed her fondling a disabled male student in the lunchroom. In November 2015, prosecutors agreed to a plea deal that would let Clarke serve 48 hours of community service and dropped the charges. In a lawsuit filed this week in Anchorage Superior Court, the student’s …


Lawsuit Accuses Anchorage School District of Mishandling Teacher Investigation

The lawsuit accuses the district of waiting about a month after receiving the first report to investigate a Begich Middle School teacher’s aide, Julianti Clarke. During those weeks, the district did not alert the police or forbid contact between Clarke and the student, says the civil complaint filed Wednesday in Anchorage Superior Court. In a statement Friday, the Anchorage School District said …