The Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to pay $88 million to settle teacher sex-abuse lawsuits involving 30 children and their families at two elementary schools.
The Los Angeles Times reported Monday evening that the settlement is the second largest in district history.
Gregory McNair, a senior attorney with L.A. Unified, told the Times the settlement was finalized over the weekend.
"We’re glad that we’re able to resolve both of these cases so we can avoid potentially painful litigation and put these cases behind us," McNair said. "We’re turning a corner here because we’ve resolved the last two very large cases that were involving the district."
The two teachers involved, Robert Pimentel at De La Torre Elementary and Paul Chapel III at Telfair Avenue Elementary, are each serving long prison terms after pleading no contest in molestation cases.