Alaska School District Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit for $920K

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Alaska has agreed to pay $920,000 to the family of a student who said he was sexually assaulted by a high school tutor.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported the settlement was reached after a nine-hour mediation session Monday in Seattle between attorneys for the school district and the family.

Borough insurance will cover $670,000 of the cost and the school district will pay $250,000.

The family sued last spring, claiming the district ignored warning signs of inappropriate behavior with students by Hutchison High School tutor and correspondence teacher Claude Fowlkes III.

Fowlkes has been charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor and is awaiting trial.