Before a student alleged sexual assault, Edmonds schools received years of warnings about her teacher

Records show administrators left a teacher in an elementary school classroom despite repeated concerns about his inappropriate behavior with students

By: Eliza Aronson / The Daily Herald

Outlets: InvestigateWest

Published: July 15, 2026

Words: 3,087

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Editor's note: This article was produced as part of a collaboration between InvestigateWest and The Daily Herald.

On Aug. 6, 2025, a Lynnwood police officer got a call from a social worker at a nearby hospital. A girl, hospitalized for suicidal ideation, wanted to make a report about being assaulted by her former teacher.

Sitting with her mother in a room at the hospital, the girl told the police officer …

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