All-Stars, School Supplies & Summer Nights 💛

El Dorado Hills All-Stars Cap Historic Two-Year Run
District and Section champions finish state runners-up after remarkable back-to-back postseason runs. Read more →

El Dorado Hills Mother Faces Long Road to Recovery
Community supports El Dorado Hills mother after devastating 50-foot fall and spinal injuries. Read more →

Twin Lakes Food Bank Helps 400 Students Prepare
Nearly 400 students received backpacks, supplies and support in Folsom before school starts. Read more →

ORHS Student Brings STEM Camp Overseas
Oak Ridge student inspires young learners through hands-on science camp in rural Moldova. Read more →

F45 Training Celebrates Grand Opening
New Folsom gym opens with ribbon cutting, fitness classes and community celebration. Read more →

Lawsuit Challenges 1,424-Home Development
CEQA lawsuit targets Folsom housing project over proposed building materials and environmental review. Read more →

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Your go-to list for family-friendly events and happenings:

🎶 Folsom Americana Music Festival – Aug. 8 | 7 PM | Zittel Family Amphitheater
Enjoy Honky Tonk Highways while supporting music education and local arts. See more →

💎 Resin Suncatcher Workshop – Aug. 12 | 11 AM | Create, Make & Mingle Studio
Design a dazzling resin suncatcher with colorful crushed glass and creativity. See more →

🎤 Live On The Boulevard Stars – Aug. 13 | 7 PM | Marshall Amphitheater, EDH
Watch local stars compete live with celebrity judges and exciting prizes. See more →

🎨 Dotting 101(Practice Class) – Aug. 15 | 2 PM | 9906 Fair Oaks Blvd, Fair Oaks
Perfect your dot painting techniques in this relaxing, hands-on practice class. See more →

🤠 Pink Cowboy Cookie Decorating – Aug. 16 | 3 PM | Painted. Studios, Folsom
Pipe, decorate, and take home four pink cowboy-themed cookie creations. See more →

🍩 Wacky Robots & Donuts – Aug. 17 | 3:30 PM | Art & Bloom Studio, EDH
Build quirky robots and sculpt clay donuts in this four-class art series. See more →

CASA El Dorado’s Shine Bright Gala
Nov. 14 | 5:30 PM | Serrano Country Club, EDH
Enjoy dinner, drinks, auctions, inspiring stories and dancing under the stars, all while supporting CASA El Dorado’s advocacy for local children in foster care. See more →

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— by Lil City Staff

A new civil lawsuit filed this month raises serious allegations against a local school district, accusing school staff of failing to intervene while a teacher abused a middle school student in 2008. The teacher, who worked in the district for nearly five decades, was arrested in 2021 and later pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of child sexual abuse. He is currently incarcerated. This is one of several lawsuits now facing the district from former students who say warning signs were missed for years.

The complaint alleges that the student had asked to be moved out of the teacher's class and that this request went unanswered. A separate, earlier lawsuit from other former students includes similar accounts of asking to be transferred and not being heard. Both lawsuits argue that there were signs serious enough that staff should have recognized something was wrong.

These cases have been made possible by a 2019 California law that extended the amount of time survivors of childhood sexual abuse have to pursue legal action against the institutions involved, allowing many people to come forward as adults, sometimes many years after the abuse occurred. The law has given survivors a path toward accountability, though it has also placed significant financial strain on school districts across the state. The school has not commented on the pending litigation.

Stories like this are difficult to sit with, and rightly so. They're a reminder of how much weight rests on adults in a school community to listen closely when a child says something doesn't feel right, and to treat that discomfort as worth taking seriously rather than something to move past.

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