12/12/2025
Bayou Meto parents still not happy.
A crowd of more than 200 listened Thursday night to the school board explain the timeline of a Bayou Meto s*xual assault incident that took more than 50 days for the news to get to the parents.
School Board President Daniel Gray and Superintendent Jeremy Owoh admitted they could have communicated better, have learned from the incident, made changes in protocol.
Owoh made clear that the janitor, Harold Butchart, was taken out of the school and place on administrative leave the day after the district learned about the incidents. "We learned about it late on Oct, 16, and called Butchart into the office the morning of the 17th and placed in on leave. He was later terminated.."
Principal Lindsey Jones, who was terminated erlier this month, told the crowd she was given two choices and she chose to resign, but she made clear it was not over the s*xual assault incident. "I was supposedly unprofessional toward my supervisor," she said.
Overall, the crowd was not placated by the board's explanations.
Full details in upcoming edition of The Leader.
