Sex Offender within Blocks of 2 Vancouver Public Schools
How many Sex Offenders are Near Schools?
We just learned that Felida has a new neighbor through a Facebook group called, “Clark County Regional Scanner Feed.” We have a Level 3 Sex Offender 2 blocks from Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Felida Elementary School, the man’s name is James Michael White 72-year-old who resides at the 12400 Block of NW 20th Avenue, in the Felida Area. I know as a father of 2 kids a son that is a Teenage and a daughter that is a pre-teen it really is concerning to learn this information. My kids don’t go anywhere alone, and we’ve considered allowing them to walk with each other to the Felida Store on NW Lakeshore Ave. or the Country Store on NW 119 Street, but when I learned of this sexual predator, Mr. White… I will not allow my kids to go alone to one of the two stores or anywhere else without us. What’s even more concerning is the access this guy has to school age Children, and he’s been charged with Kidnapping, Rape and one other crime in 1994. I would hope the school district would acknowledge there is an issue and that they need to let the parents in this area know of the danger this poses on kids getting on in the morning and off in the afternoon from the bus stop near Mr. White’s residence and/or walking to school and walking home after school.
How many more Level 3 Sex Offenders are nearby schools in the Vancouver Public School District or other districts within Clark County and the outskirts of our county?
Should School Districts ‘Alert’ parents in the district if there is a Sex Offender that lives near by a school?
A Sex Offender who may be feet from a School Bus Stop that your kids or other kids catch the Bus at?
Shouldn’t Security and Safety be the top priority of Schools when it comes to these types of people?
These are all questions that need to be ask to the Superintendent and The Board of Directors of Vancouver Public Schools.
Dr. Jeff Snell
Sandra Zavala-Ortega
sandra.zavala-ortega@vansd.org
Wendy Smith
wendy.smith@vansd.org
Tracie Barrows
Kyle Sproul
Kathy Decker