But officials—who at the time weren’t legally required to act—failed to notify parents or police for six months
Soon after, both its head, Matt Micciche, and the school board’s president, Angela Ang-Alhadeff, resigned.
Rather than act on the images, Micciche, the school board president, did nothing, parents alleged, until more information emerged in May 2024. The next month, the school filed a ChildLine report, but law enforcement did not launch a criminal investigation until parents eventually got the tip.
Lancaster District Attorney Heather Adams concluded that Micciche was not obligated to report the images because of a “loophole” that lawmakers immediately sought to close, USA Today reported. That loophole excused schools from mandatory reporting requirements for child-on-child abuse. Parents and lawmakers are pushing to close the loophole to ensure schools must report any AI nudes after the first detection.
