'I want it to stop now': Crowd hears allegations of abuse at City View ISD school board meeting

A contingent of Wichita County deputies was present Thursday evening as a standing-room-only crowd packed into the City View Independent School District headquarters to speak and hear about allegations of sexual abuse and cover-up that surfaced over the past few days.

Allegations against City View High School basketball coach Bobby Morris surfaced after a local television station named Morris a coach of the year.

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Afterwards, some young women who are former students took to social media to say that Morris had sexually abused female students and the school district had done nothing about it. Morris was found dead of a gunshot wound at his home on Monday. Police believe his death was a suicide.

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A handful of people who signed up spoke at the beginning of the meeting - all but one of them critical of the district.

Three individuals who spoke were the women who have made the allegations on television and social media.

Makayla Martin said she told school officials about what happened to her.

“I was told if they heard anything else about the situation that I would be expelled,” she said. “I sadly made the mistake of trusting my school.”

Angel Rodriguez said while she was a City View student, the superintendent and high school principal questioned her about allegations that surfaced. She said she told them about friends she knew who were involved with Morris. Then she spoke directly to Superintendent Tony Bushong.

“You sat in on that meeting. You said it had never been brought to your attention, but it was. I told you everything,” she said.

Bushong said in a Facebook post Thursday morning that “the District has not ignored, covered up, or hidden anything” during his time as superintendent.

He said in the post that multiple changes in administration seemed to have “resulted in some confusion with regard to whom these allegations were reported.”

Samantha Brothers, who claims she was abused said, “I personally went to Tony Bushong and Daryl Frazier (high school principal) and they told me not to speak about the incident and they would get it taken care of – and there have been so many more victims. I want it to stop now.”

Lana Wampler, the district’s Public Education Information Management System director, supported Bushong.

“I stand behind them,” she said of the women who have made allegations. “I 100 percent believe them. But I also stand behind pointing the finger and convicting the correct people. The current superintendent is not the one.”

Attorney Kathleen Brown said she is representing Martin and Brothers. She said the women have legal recourse against the school administration.

“Basically, by knowing about his (Morris) actions and not doing anything they’re complicit in it,” Brown said. “Those who knew about it and did not report it have violated the law.”