Sibley, Iowa — There’s been some movement in the civil case brought against the Sibley-Ocheyedan School District on behalf of a boy who was allegedly sexually abused by a former teacher at Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School.
According to the Osceola County Clerk of Court’s Office, the attorneys in the case will have a meeting with the court that will likely take place over the telephone, in which it is hoped a trial date can be agreed upon. The trial-setting conference is scheduled for Tuesday, June 27th.
The civil suit alleges that the Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District was negligent in hiring Kyle Ewinger, the former teacher and coach who is accused of having sexual contact with a student, and that they knew or should have known that Ewinger posed a safety risk to the children entrusted to him.
Ewinger has also been charged in a criminal case with Second Degree Sexual Abuse in connection with the alleged incident in October, 2015, when Ewinger is alleged to have spent the night in his middle school classroom with a student, and is accused of engaging in sexual activity with the boy. Ewinger has pled not guilty and a pretrial conference is set for September 1st, with the trial at this point scheduled for October 17th.
