A lawsuit was filed against Chappell Schools following the arrest last month of a former assistant teacher who’s accused of molesting a 4-year-old at the private preschool’s campus in St. Johns County.
charged with one count of lewd and lascivious molestation on a child younger than 12 years oldAccording to the lawsuit filed in St. Johns County against the Chappell Schools’ Longleaf campus, both the CEO and school director were either aware or should have been aware of complaints by parents about Guadalupe. The parents allege he had been acting inappropriately around preschool children between February and July while working as a teacher’s assistant.
In July, the parent of a 4-year-old girl told investigators that as he entered a classroom to pick up his daughter, he noticed she was pulling up her underwear. When he and school staff reviewed surveillance video from the classroom, according to investigators, video showed Guadalupe fondling the child while appearing to perform a sex act in front of her classmates. Guadalupe was arrested in connection with that incident. Then days after he bonded out of the St.
The attorney representing the families of the nine children says he expects the state attorney’s office to file more charges in this case.Copyright 2022 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.