Shelby County graduates demand change to end sexual abuse in schools

Shelby County graduates demand change to end sexual abuse in schools

Laura Wills-Coppelman speaks before the Shelby County Board of Education on Jan. 22, 2026. Wills-Coppelman is one of the founders of Institutional Complicity Kentucky (ICKY), which has advocated for House Bill 4. (Justin Hicks / LPM)One woman said her principal gave her gifts and played love songs for her on his guitar.Another said her school’s basketball coach coerced her into sex weeks after she graduated.A third woman said her teacher sexuall…