Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School

Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London has been under the microscope of local police for many months. Now, the Office of the Child Advocate is doing its own investigation into the policies and procedures that may have failed students they should have been protecting.

As parents prepare to send their children to a Connecticut magnet school next month, police are continuing an investigation that has led to sexual assault charges against two former staff members.

A former New London Public School employee is accused of violently raping a middle school student and ordering another student to perform oral sex on him, according to two recently unsealed arrest warrant applications in the case.

A former New London school employee is facing a new sexual assault charge as part of an ongoing police investigation into allegations tied to the man’s actions while working at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School.

Another New London Public Schools employee has been charged in connection with an ongoing investigation that began with allegations against an employee at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School.

New London police held a news conference on Friday afternoon to address the arrests of two New London Public Schools employees who have been charged with sexual assault and said the investigation is complex and it is ongoing.

Another New London Public Schools employee has been arrested and charged with sexual assault.

The school board is taking action to protect students at New London Public Schools in the wake of a sex scandal.

A New London schools employee is out of a job Monday after he was arrested twice, according to a spokesperson for the school district.

A 13-year-old boy was charged after a lockdown at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London over a report of a gun in the building Thursday.