Former Spotsylvania County Schools employee Miguel Angel Velazquez Velasco was convicted of 13 counts of child XXX abuse at the September 19th court hearing. Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Mehaffey made two interesting statements on his Facebook page.

• “The offenses against the special needs children began on September 11, 2024 with the defendant touching a wheelchair-bound 8-year old child in a way that made her feel “uncomfortable.” The child contemporaneously reported the offensive touching to her father, who likewise reported it to the school.”

• “The conduct ended with the heroic efforts of a school bus driver, who insisted on a thorough review of her school bus surveillance footage on September 26, 2024…”

The issue occurred on September 11. The bus driver pushed for video footage on September 26. Why is there a 15-day gap before something was done? Why didn’t the school administration immediately seek video footage on September 11? Why did it take a bus driver to push for reviewing video footage for action to occur?

Who in Spotsylvania County Schools was held accountable for the inaction? Is this the reason why Nicole Cole, Megan Jackson, Carol Medawar, Lorita Daniels and Belen Rodas consistently voted against allowing a 3rd party investigation to determine why there was a lack of action by the school administration?

Leadership starts at the top. This occurred under Superintendent Clint Mitchell’s watch. He is responsible for the day-to-day actions of his administrative staff. Mitchell has a lot of explaining to do. It is our opinion that Mitchell and Nasty Nicole Cole participated in the coverup of the inaction of the child XXX abuse. It really took a bus driver to push for the video footage before something was done? In our opinion, people needed to be fired and it starts with Mitchell.