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Parents, educator allege past staff misconduct at Meadowdale Elementary during public comment
Summary
During public comment at the Edmonds School District board meeting, a former staffer and a long-time volunteer alleged repeated inappropriate conduct by a Meadowdale Elementary learning‑support teacher and urged the district to notify affected families; the speakers said they requested investigations and reported that district leaders did not refer the matter to CPS, OSPI or police.
Jenny Berry, a Bothell resident and a teacher who said she worked for the Edmonds School District as a substitute and later as a student intervention coordinator at Meadowdale Elementary, used the public comment period to describe what she called grooming and misconduct by an adult learning‑support teacher.
"That little girl was being groomed by an adult learning support teacher," Berry said, and said she reported the behavior to the principal and to the district human resources director and asked for an investigation. "Not one of those men reported the behavior to CPS, OSPI, or the police," she told the board.
Wendy Masterson, a longtime volunteer who said she attended Meadowdale and whose children attended district schools, also urged the board to contact parents of students she believes were affected. Masterson described classroom arrangements she said allowed a teacher to be in close physical proximity to female students, covered classroom windows and doors with the teacher's own posted materials, and said she had encountered parents who were "appalled" and embarrassed when told of the allegations.
Both speakers asked the board and district staff to pursue further investigation and to notify families who may have been affected. When Berry asked whether district officials had reported the conduct to outside agencies, she said the district did not, and she urged the board to take action.
Superintendent Minor acknowledged the comments but did not announce any immediate district action during the meeting; a district staff member indicated Berry's time had ended. The meeting record does not show a formal response from the superintendent or a board directive during the session.
The allegations were made during the public comment portion of a regular business meeting and represent statements by members of the public. The board did not take a recorded vote or make a public determination about the claims in the meeting's minutes, nor did the meeting record show the district confirming whether external reports had been filed. The complainants identified Meadowdale Elementary as the school involved and asked the district to contact parents; the board materials include public comment guidelines and a three‑minute limit for each speaker.
What happens next: the speakers asked the board to investigate and notify families; the transcript of the meeting does not record any immediate board action or an announcement of next steps.
