Perry Public Schools agrees to pay $3.5 million to victims in sexual abuse case
Video featuring an interview with Cameron Spradling on justice against child abuse.
An Oklahoma school district who is still reeling from a sexual abuse scandal has reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit. In 2017, a federal lawsuit sought unspecified damages from the Perry Public School District and the school board for allegedly failing to protect elementary students from 87-year-old Arnold Cowen. In January of 2017, Cowen was arrested after more than 10 girls at Perry Upper Elementary School came forward saying the teacher’s aide had touched them inappropriately during class.