Just another teacher who allegedly abused kids for years and the administration feels "counseling and monitoring" were enough. Ugh.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A mother who claims her son was abused by a Columbus teacher said not enough action was taken when allegations about his behavior first surfaced 16 years ago.

The woman's claims came days after police arrested Mark Boster for allegedly using the Internet to try and meet a 14-year-old boy for sex, 10TV's Patrick Bell reported.

Dawn Phillips said Boster allegedly assaulted her son in 2002.

"He grabbed him by his nipple and twisted it," Phillips said. "Why? He said to get his attention."

According to a letter mailed to Phillips, Franklin County Children's Services investigators couldn't substantiate any abuse and the case was dropped, Bell reported.

Still, Phillips' feelings about Boster and his alleged behavior remained the same.

"I was livid, oh my God was I livid," she said. "I think he needs to be in jail.
He needs to rot behind those bars."

According to personnel records obtained by 10TV News, officials with Columbus Public Schools investigated Boster's conduct several times since 1991, Bell reported.

In November of 1991, a letter referenced alleged inappropriate physical intervention between Boster and a student, Bell reported. In 2003, a teacher reported that Boster allegedly punished a boy by forcing him under his desk while he sat down.

Records also stated that colleagues reported that Boster allegedly followed boys into the restroom. Another wrote that he had male students sit on his lap, Bell reported.

In 2004, the district reprimanded Boster and ordered him into an employee assistance program.
He was never fired.

Phillips said she can't understand why Boster remained on staff despite his record.

"They should have fired him a long time ago," she said. "He should have lost his job a long time ago."

A Columbus Public Schools spokesman declined to be interviewed, but said
counseling and monitoring was enough discipline, Bell reported.