Monday, April 8, 2013
Authorities last year said she "knowingly and willfully" failed to report incidents of battery and sexual battery against two students as mandated by Georgia law.
Cobb's assistant solicitor general has dropped a charge against Trudie Donovan, the former Kell High School principal who abruptly announced her retirement last June amidst allegations that she "knowingly and willfully" failed to report incidents of battery and sexual battery against two students as mandated by Georgia law. "After an extensive investigation, the State is unable to pursue this charge due to lack of facts or supporting evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant violated the 'willfully and knowingly' portion of O.C.G.A § 19-7-5 (h)," Cobb Assistant Solicitor General Latonia Hines wrote in the March 27 Nolle Prosequi order signed by Cobb State Court Judge Kathryn J. Tanksley. That order vindicates Donovan …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The recent incidents that led to the firing and arrest of James Chadwick Brigham were the latest in a litany of inappropriate conduct, documents reveal.
The Kell High School teacher who was arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with students was not a stranger to improper behavioir, according to documents acquired by the Marietta Daily Journal. According to James Chadwick Brigham's discipline file, he was previously suspended for seven days for calling a student's boyfriend a, "sheet head" and commented on the size of the private parts of a nude fresco. Additionally, Brigham made comments to students who were fired by a Dunkin Donuts about "fooling around in the back" of the store. The fallout from the teacher's misconduct has been felt throughought Kell High School; Principal Trudie Donovan has resigned and was arrested for not reporting the students' complaints against Brigham within …
Friday, June 22, 2012
James Brigham turned himself in Thursday night on charges of sexual battery and battery against two students.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
Updated: The Marietta Daily Journal reported Friday that Brigham was accused of slapping the buttocks of a female student in a classroom and slapped another student's face with an open hand. Original report: James Chadwick Brigham, a Kell High School social studies teacher accused of sexual battery and battery against two students, turned himself in Thursday night. According to booking records, Brigham, 37, of Woodstock, posted a $25,000 bond around 2 a.m. Friday after reporting to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. He was charged by Cobb Police earlier Thursday with one count of sexual battery, a felony, and two counts of battery, a misdemeanor, following accusations from two students in separate incidents…
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Trudie Donovan, who is retiring this month, has been charged with failing to report child abuse; a social studies teacher charged with sexual battery is not in custody.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Updated 9:40 p.m. Retiring Kell High School principal Trudie Donovan turned herself in to the Cobb County Adult Detention Center Thursday after being charged by Cobb Police with a misdemeanor for failing to report child abuse. According to booking reports, Donovan was processed around 7 p.m. Thursday and was being held on a $1,000 bond. The Marietta Daily Journal reported that Kell social studies teacher James Chadwick Brigham has not reported to authorities after being charged with one count of felony sexual battery and two counts of misdemeanor battery. The charges stem from accusations made by two students in separate incidents in May. Original report, posted at 7:07 p.m. A Kell High School teacher has been charged by Cobb Police with …
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Trudie Donovan, who had been on the job for six years, stepped down Friday after an incident involving the "reporting of a student matter."
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Kell High School will be getting a new principal in the upcoming academic year after Trudie Donovan retired on Friday. The Marietta Daily Journal reported that Donovan, who had been in charge of the Northeast Cobb school for six years, stepped down "abruptly." Earlier in the week, Cobb school superintendent Michael Hinojosa told the newspaper she had been involved recently in "a situation involving the reporting of a student matter.” Citing personnel reasons, he would not elaborate further, nor would he indicate whether Donovan would have been terminated had she not resigned. Donovan served as a teacher an administrator in the Cobb County School District for 34 years, including East Cobb's Walton High School from 1978 to 2000. A note on …
James Hardy
10:18 am on Sunday, April 14, 2013
No Kevin, you are incorrect. An administrator should first determine if a statement made by a student has validity and not have a knee-jerk reaction. I personally would never bring the police into an area under my charge without first performing an investigation. That is what she was doing. Also, did you notice that the initial story in this publication focused on the child abuse by the teacher … more ›