Southern California
Mother and father Blindsided by Instructor’s Youngster Abuse Arrest
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A instructor at Viewpoint College — an elite Calabasas non-public faculty with tuition nearing $60,000 a yr — has been arrested over allegations of inappropriate habits involving college students … and now mother and father are questioning whether or not warning indicators had been missed.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division took 39-year-old Travis Takeshi Shojinaga — who labored as a instructor at Viewpoint, a college for kindergarten by means of twelfth grade — into custody. He is since been charged with one felony rely of possession of kid sexual abuse materials, and 4 misdemeanor accounts of annoying or molesting a toddler underneath the age of 18.
In line with a supply, many mother and father have saved their youngsters house … giving hugs to one another as they returned to campus and saying how “disgusting” the scenario is. Households are actually demanding solutions because the investigation unfolds.
TMZ has obtained a letter despatched to households from the top of the college and from the campus security director, describing the claims as “troubling allegations involving a school member” relating to inappropriate habits on campus. The letter states directors instantly launched an investigation, notified the Sheriff’s Misplaced Hills Station, and that the worker was subsequently taken into custody.
The letter additionally says the college is working with an outdoor investigator and making counseling assets out there to households … however a supply near a mother or father tells TMZ issues about this identical instructor had been allegedly reported a yr in the past and “principally swept underneath the rug.”
In line with faculty officers, the accusations didn’t contain bodily contact. The varsity says his employment has been terminated, and the investigation stays ongoing.
Los Angeles County District Legal professional Nathan J. Hochman stated Shojinaga was arrested on campus on Feb. 25 after an 11-year-old scholar reported the instructor was secretly taking inappropriate images of feminine college students.
Hochman stated … “The accusations on this case are disgusting and deliberate violations of youngsters’s security, dignity and rights.” Hochman stated if convicted, Shojinaga would face seven years in state jail and could be required to register as a intercourse offender for all times.
Viewpoint tells TMZ … “Viewpoint College continues working carefully and cooperating with legislation enforcement as they examine these disturbing occasions. O’Melveny and Myers has been retained to conduct an impartial investigation, facilitated by Campus Security and Safety. The target might be to assist us totally perceive what occurred and to determine what steps we are able to take to assist guarantee this does not occur once more. The protection and wellbeing of our college students, households, lecturers, and full group stay our highest precedence.”