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Parents packed a Coweta Public Library meeting room with stories that would horrify any community. Multiple sexual assaults, rapes, and systematic abuse across Coweta Public Schools, with administrators not just failing to protect children, but actively covering up crimes and punishing victims instead of perpetrators.
The PE Field Where Boys Were Repeatedly Assaulted
The cascade of revelations began with reports from the junior high PE classes. With the gym under construction, students were taken outside for "free play" while teachers allegedly disappeared to use their phones. During these unsupervised periods, at least six boys were sexually molested by other students, according to police reports and parent testimony.
The attacks were not isolated incidents. Multiple boys held down other boys, anally penetrated them with fingers, exposed themselves, and attempted forced sexual contact. Parents report the main perpetrator had been expelled from another school for death threats and kill lists, yet was allowed to enroll at Coweta.
When school officials were finally forced to address the situation, their solution was a "safety plan" requiring teachers to stay within 30 feet of students. The same teachers who had been ignoring the children for weeks were suddenly expected to prevent sexual assaults with a proximity requirement.
Cafeteria Rape Ignored by Coaching Staff
A seventh-grade girl was digitally raped in the school cafeteria while a coach watched her mouth the words "No, please help, stop." Video footage captured the assault, but without audio. The school's response defied comprehension: the male perpetrator received three days suspension and returned to class, while the female victim was transferred to alternative school.
This pattern of victim punishment appeared throughout parent testimonies. Children who fought back against sexual assault faced suspension. Students who reported abuse were ignored or told to "toughen up" by administrators.
Locker Room Horrors and Administrative Silence
The boys' locker rooms have become what parents describe as an "abuse palace" with full knowledge of coaching staff. With only two functioning showers serving the entire football team, boys were forced into cramped conditions where sexual predators operated freely.
One eighth-grader was choked unconscious and woke up to another boy's penis in his mouth. When parents tried to file police reports, they were told the school had already handled it. Multiple families report being stonewalled when seeking justice for their children.
Principal David Wineinger's alleged response to concerned parents became a recurring nightmare: "Boys will be boys." Parents heard this phrase repeatedly when reporting everything from sexual assault to racial harassment to death threats against their children.
The Meeting That Changes Everything
When investigative journalist Ron Durbin called for community action, parents arrived with recordings, emails, and evidence spanning multiple years. What emerged was not just a failure of supervision, but active participation in covering up crimes against children.
Teachers and support staff have reached out anonymously, confirming that PE instructors cannot be reached during class periods. Multiple law enforcement investigations are underway, but many cases have stalled in jurisdictional disputes between tribal and county authorities.
The most chilling revelation: administrators have known about systematic abuse for years, with some incidents dating back multiple school years. Yet no meaningful action was taken to protect children or remove perpetrators.
Watch the full community meeting to see parents demand immediate suspensions, emergency school board meetings, and criminal investigations into every administrator who knew about these crimes and failed to act.
