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A FORMER STUDENT HAS
FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST A
CURRENT JAMES CLEMENS TEACHER
AND COACH - AS WELL AS MADISON
CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
ROBBY PARKER. THE STUDENT
IDENTITIFED AS "JANE DOE" IN
COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGES THAT
IN 2017 PHILLIP PERKINS, WHO
IS A HISTORY TEACHER AND
BASKETBALL COACH,
INNAPROPRIATELY TOUCHED HER
MULTIPLE TIMES AND SINGLED HER
OUT IN FRONT OF HER
CLASSMATES. PERKINS WAS
PLACED ON LEAVE TWICE DUE TO
ALLEGED INNAPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
WITH TWO STUDENTS - BUT WAS
REINSTATED BOTH TIMES.
THE SUIT ALLEGES THAT
SUPERINTENDENT ROBBY PARKER
KEPT PERKINS WORKING AT THE
SCHOOL EVEN WHEN HE WAS AWARE
OF THE ALLEGATIONS.
MADISON CITY SCHOOLS ALSO SENT
A STATEMENT TO US - WHICH IN
PART SAYS - QUOTE - THIS
MATTER WAS FULLY INVESTIGATED
IN 2018 BY THE MADISON
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE
ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT OR
OTHER MISCONDUCT MADE AT THAT
TIME WERE NOT CORROBORATED.
MR. PARKER DENIES THE
ALLEGATIONS OF THE COMPLAINT.
YOU CAN READ THE FULL
COMPLAINT ON OUR WEBSITE - AS
WELL AS THE FULL STATEMENT
FROM MADISON CITY SCHOOLS.
JUST GO TO ROCKET CITY NOW
DOT COM.
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