BAKERSFIELD, CA - The back and forth continues in the civil trial between the family of an autistic girl and the Kern High School District.
The family is suing, claiming the then 16-year-old was sexually assaulted on school grounds by another student and is mentally damaged as a result.
The judge in this case, Lorina Brumfield, ruled not to allow our cameras in the courtroom Monday.
Four people took the stand Monday. They included the former coordinator of special education for the district, two teachers aides, and a speech pathologist.
They all testified they were familiar with the female student in this case either before or after the alleged assault.
In 2009, a teacher's aide found an autistic boy and the autistic girl in the bathroom at Independence High School.
The boy was behind her with his hands on her hips, and both had their pants down, but the distinct said nothing else happened.
The girl's family says she was hurt from the experience. They claim her learning regressed and her behavior worsened.
But, the school district's special education coordinator at the time of the incident testified Monday, her educators did not see a difference in the girl, in her learning skills or behavior after the incident.
The family's attorney, Ralph Wegis, was not surprised by the testimony.
"What I am going to hear out of the school is what the school attorney would like to present in this case, that there is no change, uh, at all," said Wegis. "I think the real question is why at school is she having the problems she does, and I think what they are doing is they are consciously ignoring those problems because they don't want to confront them."
The Kern High School District did not comment again.
Police reports from this incident are not allowed into evidence in this trial.
However, Tuesday, an officer who responded hours after the teenagers were found in the bathroom, will testify.
The trial is expected to last another two weeks.