Mark McMeans, 51, Meeker, Okla., was a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Junior High, KC. Kan., when he became a victim of sexual abuse by vice-principal James Jackson. "(I) didn't say a word, too scared, too embarrassed," McMeans said. "In those days, you know, we were raised to respect your elders."

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Mark McMeans, 51, Meeker, Oklahoma, was a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City, Kan., when he became a victim of sexual abuse by vice-principal James Jackson. "(I) didn't say a word, too scared, too embarrassed," McMeans said. "In those days, you know, we were raised to respect your elders."

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Mark McMeans, 51, Meeker, Oklahoma, was a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City, Kan., when he became a victim of sexual abuse by vice-principal James Jackson.

Photo by Mike Yoder Lawrence Journal-World

Mark McMeans, 51, Meeker, Oklahoma, was a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City, Kan., when he became a victim of sexual abuse by vice-principal James Jackson.

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Roy McMean's son Mark was a seventh-grader at Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City, Kan., when he became a victim of sexual abuse by vice-principal James Jackson. Roy remember that the only tangible step taken after they contacted school officials was the addition of a window in Jackson's office. State laws now in place - but not in 1975 - would have required schools to report the allegations to police.

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Karen Wagner, Lawrence, says her son was sexually molested by James Jackson in 2001 during scuba diving lessons. Wagner went to police, and Jackson eventually spent more than 10 years in prison on various criminal charges. Though it was a difficult process, Wagner says she's proud of helping to put Jackson behind bars.

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Karen Wagner, Lawrence, says her son was sexually molested by James Jackson in 2001 during scuba diving lessons. Wagner went to police, and Jackson eventually spent more than 10 years in prison on various criminal charges. This is a letter Wagner wrote to the court on the day Jackson was sentenced

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Yearbook picture of James D. Jackson, who had an active teaching license in Kansas from 1960 to 1976. He was also the vice principal of Arrowhead Junior High in Kansas City, Kan., between 1973 and 1976.

Kansas City Public Library

A yearbook photo of James Jackson when he was vice principal of Arrowhead Junior High School in Kansas City, Kan. According to state records, Jackson was vice principal from 1972 to 1976.

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A yearbook photo of James Jackson when he was vice principal of Arrowhead Junior High School in Kansas City, Kan. According to state records, Jackson was vice principal from 1972 to 1976.

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A yearbook photo of James Jackson when he was vice principal of Arrowhead Junior High School in Kansas City, Kan. According to state records, Jackson was vice principal from 1972 to 1976.

Kansas City Public Library

Kansas prison photo of James Douglas Jackson, 72. According to files released last week by the Boy Scouts of America, Jackson — convicted in Douglas County in 2001 of several sex crimes — was removed from a Kansas City, Kan.-area Boy Scout unit following allegations that Jackson sexually assaulted a boy during a scouting trip.

Kansas Department of Corrections