Inappropriate conduct latest scandal at Robertson HS

Posted at: 11/23/2009 6:52 PM | Updated at: 11/23/2009 6:56 PM
By: Gadi Schwartz, Eyewitness News 4, and Kurt Christopher, KOB.com

A Las Vegas, N.M. school that has already faced a football hazing legal case and rape charges against a coach in the past two years now faces another investigation.

Police tell Eyewitness News 4 they are investigating two separate cases involving female staff members from Robertson High School and male students.

Head cheerleading coach Krystle King - who is the daughter of Robertson High's principal - is on paid leave.  So is school councilor Amadee Duran.

At this point police will only say they are investigating the two women for inappropriate conduct in separate cases.  No charges have been filed.

Parents at Robertson High say they've had enough of scandals.

"Nobody's perfect.  Teachers aren't perfect.  Kids aren't perfect and neither are parents.  However when these issues keep coming up over and over and the kids don't get to heal, they don't get to get over it.  It just develops a sense of mistrust," said parent Corine Leger.

Robertson High School has been the center for several high profile cases recently.  Last year, six former football players were accused of sodomizing other teammates with a broomstick.  Earlier this month, former coach and teacher, Jay Quintana, was arrested and charged with having sex with a former student for years.

Las Vegas City Schools superintendent Richard E. Romero says he can't go into specifics on the latest cases involving the cheerleading coach.  He says the school and athletic director will oversee the latest internal investigation.

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