A federal lawsuit has been filed against the former Hilton Central School District elementary school principal accused of sexually abusing his students.
The suit was filed by attorney Jeffrey Wicks, and names both Hilton Central schools, Superintendent Casey Kosiorek and former Northwood Elementary School Principal Kirk Ashton. It says the victim was a student abused by Ashton from second grade through fifth grade. The suit says that student has suffered emotional trauma, anxiety and embarassment as a result and the child’s grades have gone down.
The suit accuses the district of negligence in failing to know of Ashton’s tendencies and failing to properly investigate his background before hiring him.