Former SRVHS Students Sue District, Alleging Negligence

DANVILLE, CA — A second plaintiff was added in a lawsuit filed against the San Ramon Valley Unified School District, which was filed last month in Contra Costa County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleges that the district failed to act despite numerous complaints that former San Ramon Valley High School drama teacher Ryan Weible was sexually abusing students.

The suit alleges that Weible sexually assaulted a student in the school’s theater room and on a district-sponsored trip to New York City, following grooming behaviors like giving her rides in his car, writing personal notes, and inappropriate touching. The second plaintiff claims that Weible sexually abused her shortly after the first plaintiff graduated.

According to the suit, Weible engaged in inappropriate behaviors with female minor students around 2010-2011, including side hugs and frontal hugs, inviting them to spend time in his office alone, giving hand massages, having them sit on his lap, and making inappropriate comments, among other behaviors.

The suit alleges that SRVUSD received numerous complaints about Weible’s behavior, but did not notify the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, as required by law. The suit also alleges that since Weible was able to keep his job, he was able to obtain a job as assistant head of school at the private Bentley School. The Bentley School has not responded to press requests for comment.

“We take these kinds of allegations very seriously. Because this is active litigation, it is our policy not to comment,” an SRVUSD spokesperson told Patch in an email.

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