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The Berryessa Union School District has agreed to pay $10.3 million to three students who sued over sexual abuse they suffered two decades ago at the hands of former Sierramont Middle School teacher Ronald Gardner (pictured). He was sentenced in December 2023 to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to abusing four students in the late 1990s and early 2000s. (San Jose Police Dept.)Ronald Gardner is serving a 22-year prison sentence for abusing four students in the late 1990s and early 2000s; the suit emphasizes he was allowed to work on an emergency credential for years despite complaints.
Originally published at Robert Salonga