Terry Wayne Parker

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1. Six Former Students Accuse Teacher Of Sexual Harassment, Spokesman, October 26, 1996.
2. Pierce County Superior Court Civil Case 96-2-12504-6, Pierce County Washington, March 4, 2025.

• 1. Six Former Students Accuse Teacher Of Sexual Harassment

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  Six former Lincoln High School students have filed legal documents contending they were sexually harassed by a teacher while in school.

  Two of the former students, Kelly Smith and Larissa Watson, now 20, filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court last month against the Tacoma School District, teacher Terry Parker and former Lincoln principal Charlie Walker.

  The suit alleges Parker, a math teacher and former team trainer for girls sports, made unwanted sexual advances and comments toward them between 1991 and 1994, when they were minors. It alleges Walker and the school district knew about the complaints against Parker but failed to deal with them appropriately.

  Another four women have filed tort claims with the district - legal statements that they might sue - saying they also were victims.

  The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, but in the claims, each of the six women is seeking $100,000.

  Reached at his home this week, Parker, who now works with the Seattle School District, denied the allegations. “All I can say would be, it’s pretty sad when the desire for money can influence these kids to basically fabricate stories to blow innocent things out of proportion,” he told The News Tribune.

  The school district initially suspended Parker for five days without pay but reversed itself this summer after Parker appealed the discipline.

  Mike Patterson, an attorney hired by the school district, said the district took appropriate action after the allegations came to light in 1994. He said the allegations of touching, staring and making remarks are comparatively minor.

  “I have a hard time believing that these are substantial cases, in that the complaints they have are what I would consider not very egregious,” he said.

  He added that the women have no reason to sue Walker, the former principal.

• 2. Pierce County Superior Court Civil Case 96-2-12504-6

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  Filing Date Filing Access Pages Microfilm
  11/12/1996 FILING FEE RECEIVED Public
  11/12/1996 ORDER SETTING CASE SCHEDULE Public
  11/12/1996 SUMMONS & COMPLAINT 4 SUMMONS Public
  11/12/1996 REQUEST FOR ASSIGN TO CIVIL TRACK Public
  11/26/1996 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Public
  12/02/1996 AFFIDAVIT/DECLARATION OF SERVICE Public 1544-3766
  12/02/1996 ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE Public 1544-3769
  12/12/1996 NOTICE OF REMOVAL Public
  02/25/1998 ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE Public 1699-4914
  01/08/2004 ARCHIVED RECORD Public 86

  Proceedings
  Date Calendar Outcome
  Week Of 04/08/1997 JUDGE FLEMING Cancelled/Stricken
  Unconfirmed Status Conference
  Week Of 10/14/1997 JUDGE FLEMING Cancelled/Stricken
  Unconfirmed Settlement Conference
  Week Of 10/28/1997 JUDGE FLEMING Cancelled/Stricken
  Unconfirmed Pretrial Conference
  11/12/1997 JUDGE FLEMING Cancelled/Stricken
  Confirmed 9:30 Trial