On Friday September 27, the Spotsy Wire announced that Miguel Angel Velasquez Velasco was arrested with a wide variety of crimes against children. At that time, we believed and later confirmed he had an association with Spotsylvania County Schools. The Spotsy Wire broke this news 1 day before all the other news outlets wrote articles on this topic.
Once again, Spotsylvania County Schools is in the news for more child abuse issues. There have been many calls by the community and some school board members for a third-party investigation into all the systemic child abuse issues occurring in Spotsylvania County Schools. Yet, the school board led by Lorita Daniels and Superintendent Clint Mitchell are on record in their public statements that they have very little interest in 3rd party investigations.
This arrest of Miguel Angel Velasquez Velasco occurred under the tenure of Superintendent Clint Mitchell. The following news outlets are covering this story on a regional or national scale.
The Daily Wire – https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-school-bus-aide-allegedly-sexually-assaulted-disabled-4-and-5-year-olds
Yahoo News – https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputies-school-bus-aide-charged-202925208.html
CBS WUSA 9 CBS – https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/spotsylvania-county-sheriffs-arrest-sex-offenses-stafford-virginia/65-fd0c6433-4394-446e-940e-9e957801b367
This is outrageous. What are they doing about this and the systemic abuse pattern throughout the Spotsylvania School System? Nothing. They won’t hire a third party investigator for a reason. The problem stems from the top. The number of parents with horror stories in this system is alarming. My kid was merely 7 when they had police restrain him, leaving multiple bruises. He’s autistic and they had no clue how to handle him. We switched schools and now there are no reports of hitting or kicking, let alone incidents involving fully armed cops holding him down. The leadership is either corrupt or incompetent (maybe both) and the teachers don’t get paid enough to retain skilled staff, especially in special education.