Raytown School District investigates misconduct allegations against volleyball coach
The Raytown School District has launched an investigation into a volleyball coach at Raytown South High School who is accused of misconduct.
On Thursday, the school district said in a statement that officials were aware of concerns raised by students on the Raytown South High School volleyball team and their parents.
“The Raytown C-2 School District takes all allegations of misconduct very seriously and holds our coaches and staff to high professional and ethical standards,” the letter said. “We remain committed to upholding Board policy and working directly with staff, students and families to ensure the integrity of our investigations.”
The statement did not specify what the allegations were or when the accusations arose.
FOX4 reported that social media posts said six volleyball players quit the team because of bullying. The post has since been marked private, the TV station reported.
The school district has faced two other controversial incidents in the past week.
Last week, Raytown Superintendent of Schools Allan Markley said in a letter to parents and guardians that the district was aware of a Raytown High School teacher using the N-word during a discussion with students in class.
He said that the teacher’s actions will be addressed in relation to school-board policy. However, Markley declined to give details in the letter about any disciplinary actions being taken towards the teacher.
A few days later, the school district announced it was investigating why students in an English class received a worksheet that’s used to teach “The Laramie Project” that included the use of racial, homophobic and misogynistic slurs in it.
