I Believe My Student Was Groomed But Admin Disagreed
I (29f) am a HS teacher. This past December my student(17f) was rumored to have had a wedding ceremony. I kept it in my mind but also, rumor mills run rampant in HS.
Late April another rumor started about her being pregnant. Teen Pregnancy does happen at my district more than others in our area. I never heard a confirmation until last week. A student showed me the gender reveal post.
I did digging on her wedding, marriage license, the mystery man.
Turns out they did indeed have a wedding ceremony in December while she was 17, a few teachers attended it from what I saw on social media. However they didn’t file the marriage license until May 1st, the day after she turned 18… whats worse is he’s 32, had 2 previous marriages.. I reported to admin about this as we are mandated reporters. They said I was being “culturally insensitive” since this student is from a different country.
I want to report it to police but now I don’t know if I’m being insensitive of their culture. But it feels like she was groomed before becoming an adult by a 32 year old grown man with 2 previous marriages!!! It is ringing alarm bells