Oklahoma ex-principal gets probation for not reporting abuse
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2:55 pm, Friday, March 9, 2018
PERRY, Okla. (AP) — A former principal of a northern Oklahoma elementary school has been sentenced to five years' probation for not reporting child abuse by a teacher's aide.
Kenda Miller, 51, was sentenced Thursday after reaching a plea deal for misdemeanor charges of failure to promptly report child abuse or neglect, the Oklahoman reported . Miller resigned in June from Upper Elementary School in Perry, where Arnold Cowen molested girls while working as an aide.
Cowen, 86, is serving 10 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to molesting 10 girls.
Noble County District Attorney Brian Hermanson said Miller chose not to contact the Department of Human Services when "numerous girls told her they were being touched by Mr. Cowen."
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Perry School Board Meetings Focus On Fallout Of Abuse Arrest
Posted: Feb 21, 2017 6:39 AM CST Updated: Feb 21, 2017 7:10 AM CST
BY AMY KAUFFMAN, NEWS9
PERRY, Oklahoma - The arrest of a teacher's assistant in Perry has led to a shake up throughout the district.
Board Members met for almost two hours last week to discuss changes for employees and a continuation of that meeting is scheduled for today.
port the crime. The school board has already suspended superintendent Scott Chenoweth.
When police learned of the allegations in late January, Cowen opened up in his first interview with investigators describing those interactions in hallways and a classroom as he took advantage of opportunities to fondle and molest fifth and sixth grade girls.
Three people from Perry Upper Elementary were arrested after these allegations came to the surface. The assistant, 85-year-old Arnold Cowen, is charged with 21 counts of child molestation and one count of possessing child pornography. The school's principal, Kenda Miller, and a teacher, Jeff Sullins, were also arrested, for failing to report the crime. The school board has already suspended superintendent Scott Chenoweth.
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