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Longmeadow superintendent releases independent review, says no evidence students were victimized
Summary
Superintendent O'Shea said an independent investigator found no evidence that Longmeadow students were victims of inappropriate behavior by a middle‑school librarian; the report will be posted online midweek and the district said it will cooperate with law enforcement as needed.
Superintendent Dr. O'Shea told the Longmeadow School Committee on Dec. 2 that an independent investigation into the August arrest of a middle‑school librarian is complete and found no evidence that students were victimized.
The report — commissioned by the school committee and based on searches that included more than 100,000 emails — found no indication administrators knew or should have known about the librarian's alleged proclivities, O'Shea said, and there were no relevant calls or emails to the independent investigator during the inquiry. He said the district will post the report online Wednesday or Thursday and recommended that the report stand as the district's public statement on the matter.
"That report is complete," O'Shea said. "There was no evidence that Longmeadow students were victims of any inappropriate behavior." He added the district will continue to work with law enforcement if asked in the days, weeks or months ahead.
The superintendent also described steps taken to support student safety and staff training. He said the district facilitated searches of the librarian's digital history and made the investigator available to the community for questions during the inquiry. O'Shea thanked the committee for commissioning the review and said its findings are "encouraging."
The committee did not vote on personnel action at the meeting. The district said it will post the full independent report online this week and field media or public inquiries to that document.
