Kansas City, MO – The Olathe school district secretly agreed earlier this year to pay $295,000 to the family of an elementary student who was stalked by a now-jailed former teacher, according to court documents.
Olathe Public Schools finalized the settlement in May to avoid a lawsuit, but kept the settlement a secret until the Kansas City Star filed an open records request that revealed it.
Although heavily redacted, the Star says the settlement was made in the case of former Olathe teacher James Loganbill.
He was sentenced earlier this month to one year in county jail for reckless stalking of a girl who was 10 at the time, and ordered to register as a sex offender for the next 15 years.