PS 191 at 210 West 61st street.
Jamal Baughan, a 22-year-old part-time worker at an after-school program at PS 191, was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl at his home.
Baughan is employed by an afterschool program called Roads to Success and is not a Department of Education employee.
Early reports, including one in the New York Post, indicate that the victim is a student at PS 191, but given that 191 is an elementary school that seems unlikely.
ABC News posted a statement from Roads to Success:
“On Monday April 13 RTS learned that one of its staff members had inappropriate contact with two students outside of program hours. Based on what we found in our internal investigation the employee was dismissed.
“On Wednesday April 15 another allegation was made about inappropriate conduct between the same staff member and another student outside of program time. Because of the more serious nature of this allegation, the situation was brought immediately to the School Principal, the student’s parents, and the police. We also contacted our oversight agency, The Department of Health and the program’s funder, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development.
“Because of the nature of the allegations we wrote to all parents in this After School Program to inform them of the staff member’s termination, remind them of our “No Contact” policy, ask them to remind their children of the policy, and share any information that they feel we should know.
“RTS runs complete background checks on all staff members before they are hired. The background check of the staff member at issue here was clear. We find this news very troubling. We remain committed to providing a safe environment in our after school programs and enforcing the policies we have in place to protect your children.
Because this is an ongoing police investigation, we cannot discuss specific details of what may or may not have happened. We will cooperate fully with the police investigation.”
We’ll have more on this story as it develops.
The article states that it seems unlikely that the 14-year old victim was a student at PS191 because it is an elementary school. PS 191 serves students in PreK through 8th grade, so it’s entirely possible that the victim is in the 8th grade at age 14.