In part one, a parent and advocate allege that the federal education rights of students with special needs are being violated on a regular basis. In part two, former district teachers speak out about their negative classroom experiences while also pointing to a broken public education system nationwide.
"There should have been more supervision:" Taking the fight to Yolo County court
In February 2026, a Woodland mother will meet WJUSD before a Yolo County Superior Court judge at trial. She filed a civil lawsuit against the district in August 2024.
"This was preventable, which is, I think, the biggest tragedy here," the mother said.
"The crux of this lawsuit is that the district should have and could have protected your child, and they didn't?" I asked.
Her child had been in district special education classes since kindergarten. She is diagnosed with multiple intellectual disabilities and struggles to communicate effectively.
"I received a phone call that police were on their way," the mother said.
Her daughter had been followed to the restroom by another student and at that time, the lawsuit and mother allege, the student forced her to have sex with him inside the locked bathroom.
The Woodland Police Department responded to the incident at Pioneer High that day.
As the lawsuit reads, despite "specific steps being taken to separate the students during the school year and additional supervision" in the summer Extended School Year program hosted at Pioneer High that "staff failed to take any preventative or safety measures" and even put the two students in the same class.
The mother says school leaders made her aware of the prior kissing incident by phone call but says she was not told that there were further unwanted advances by this student. She also says she was not aware that it was serious enough for school staff to have a plan in place to keep the students separated.
"How does that make you feel as a parent?" I asked.
After the alleged assault, a police report was filed and her daughter was sent to the hospital.
The lawsuit further alleges the student perpetrator admitted to police that he had engaged in sexual activity with the same victim on at least two prior occasions at Pioneer High.
The mother says that her daughter has not been the same since.
The lawsuit also alleges she has resorted at times to "urinating where she stands due to her extreme fear of restrooms."
The student is now enrolled at a new school outside of Woodland on a path to healing with a lot of support.
She says she filed the lawsuit for relief on past, present and future damages and to hold the district accountable for "negligently failing" to keep her child safe.
CBS13 asked WJUSD to respond to the allegations in the lawsuit. As is standard practice, a district spokesperson said they do not comment on existing litigation.
Their response also reads that the district "...denies the Plaintiff was or will be damaged in the sum or sums alleged, or in any sum whatsoever or at all."
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