Paraeducators Sue After Student Runs Away | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 1m

A Kentucky seventh grader vanished from school in November 2025, wandering onto a busy road—luckily found safe by animal control. But the drama didn’t end there: his mom is suing the district for $75K, while the very paraeducators who were supervising him are now suing back, claiming they were scapegoated for the incident. They say they warned leadership about an unlicensed teacher on duty and lacked emergency protocols—and then faced retaliation: badges deactivated, jobs reassigned, and even pressured to name their lawyer to keep getting paid. Now they’re fighting for reinstatement and…