VIDE Remains Silent on Administrative Leave of CAHS Officials Amid Abuse Reporting Investigation

After former Charlotte Amalie High School coach Alfredo Bruce Smith was convicted earlier this year of the rape and sexual assault of a number of students over a 15-year timespan, uncomfortable questions began to arise about which school officials may have known about his crimes and failed to report them. In April, Smith was sentenced to 35 years in prison, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after pleading guilty to a 20-count indictment on both federal and territorial child sexual exploitation offenses. During the trial, it was revealed that many of his crimes took place at the school itself, with Smith using his position as hall monitor to remove minor male students from classes during school hours to sexually abuse them in empty offices and classrooms. Smith was found to have abused children in his office, next door to the principal's office. He also used the school's official vehicle and camcorder to transport the minors and record himself abusing them at various ...