LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — A convicted predator may be behind bars, but parents in Huron Valley say the school system that kept putting him in classrooms still hasn’t answered for its failures.

Ten families and a young woman filed a Sept. 22 federal lawsuit accusing Huron Valley Schools, its administrators, and staffing contractor Edustaff of ignoring warning signs while substitute teacher Timothy Daugherty molested elementary students.

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Daugherty, 61, was sentenced this summer to at least ten years in prison after being convicted on six counts of criminal sexual conduct against girls ages 9 to 11, according to the Detroit Free Press. 

The new lawsuit, however, says he hurt more children than the state charged him for—pointing to ten Spring Mills Elementary students and one woman who says Daugherty assaulted her at age 11 during a sleepover at his home.

The complaint traces a pattern: Daugherty was first arrested in 2016 on allegations of molesting the sleepover victim, but charges were dismissed. Two years later, he was back in classrooms through Edustaff and, according to the lawsuit, rotated through a dozen Huron Valley schools. By 2023, parents were warning administrators that he touched girls and made them sit on his lap. Instead of alerting Child Protective Services, as required by law, staff allegedly did nothing.

The district, which enrolls about 7,700 students across Oakland County, responded in a statement that it remains “fully committed to the well-being of every student” but declined further comment.