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Parent tells Geary County Schools board administrators ignored restraining order after alleged assault at Junction City Middle School
Summary
At the public comment portion of the Geary County Schools board meeting, a Junction City father and his daughter said school staff failed to isolate a student accused of assaulting the daughters and did not share a court-ordered restraining order with teachers; no formal board action was recorded.
Michael Miller, identifying himself as a Junction City resident, told the Geary County Schools Board of Education during public comment that his daughters were sexually assaulted at Junction City Middle School and that school officials have not protected them despite a court-ordered restraining order. "You have failed to protect my children even though it's mandated by the court to limit interactions between these children," Miller said. He said he filed a criminal complaint and raised concerns that the school continued to place his daughters in proximity to the student he accused.
His daughter, Brooklyn Miller, also spoke during the public comment period. She told the board she and her sister continue to encounter the other student at school and described how school staff chose not to move the other student because doing so, staff said, would negatively affect that student. "They're only protecting the abuser," Brooklyn Miller said, adding that it is "very detrimental" to her daily school experience.
Both speakers said the district did not share the restraining order with teachers, and that an interaction occurred in a hallway where teachers were present but unaware of the court order. Michael Miller told the board he has considered pursuing a Title IX complaint and said he planned to seek legal counsel and contact the press if the school did not act.
The board did not take any formal action on the allegations during the meeting; the comments were part of the public comment period and no follow-up motion or assignment was recorded on the transcript.
The board's public comment rules were read at the start of the meeting: speakers must complete a form, state their name and address, and are limited to three minutes. The transcript records Miller's address as 1409 Spring Hill Drive, Junction City.
The district has not provided additional documentation or a formal response in the meeting record. The board's next steps on this specific complaint were not stated on the record.
Ending: The public-comment speakers asked the board to intervene and indicated they will pursue outside legal and media avenues if they do not receive a response from the district.
