LAWSUIT -
The only way they're ever going to be sorry.
Sept 6, 2007 - Parents are suing the Brunswick County Board of Education and 16-year advanced math teacher and coach David Hamilton Arrowood, now 50.
On April 12, 2006, two assistant principals found Arrowood's classroom doors locked and his lights off, the suit states. The principals said they found Arrowood and the student "engaging in a sexual act," according to the suit.It is the second lawsuit against the school board.
Later that night, the school resource officer notified the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office that an incident between a teacher and a student occurred.
By 6:30 p.m., the resource officer called the sheriff's office to tell them the investigation would be handled internally and that police did not have to respond, according to the suit.
School officials, not specified in the suit, "advised the police that they had already conducted interviews of [the student] and Arrowood and that nothing inappropriate had occurred," according to the lawsuit.
A detective, not named in the suit, persisted with the investigation despite the school's request to keep the matter internal, according to the suit. Then-Principal James Jordan reportedly was told to withhold witness statements and the personnel file of Arrowood by McGee, according to the suit.
The threat of an arrest for interfering with a criminal investigation prompted Jordan to hand over the records, the suit said.
TT - There were four cases involving "romantic" or inappropriate relations between an employee at a Brunswick County high school and a minor in the past year.
