school district has agreed to pay $10.3 million to a group of former Sierramont Middle School students who were groomed and sexually abused by a teacher who was convicted and sentenced to two decades in prison last year.
school district has agreed to pay $10.3 million to a group of former Sierramont Middle School students who were groomed and sexually abused by a teacher who was convicted and sentenced to two decades in prison last year.
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A teacher and sports coach at a middle school in San Jose has been arrested on suspicion of the sexual assault of at least two underage youth, police said Tuesday.
Ronald Gardner, 63, of San Jose, was arrested April 15 after an investigation that began Feb. 2 when someone reported to the El Dorado County Sheriff s Office that his teacher, Gardner, had molested him while attending Sierramont Middle School on Kimlee Drive in San Jose between 2002 and 2005, according to police. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.