Rapid City principal accuses former boss of sexual grooming in lawsuit

School district says it acted swiftly when it learned of relationship

An assistant principal at Rapid City Central High School has filed suit against the Rapid City Area School District and its School Board, alleging the district violated her civil rights after her boss groomed her into a sexual relationship.

The district, meanwhile, denied that it did anything wrong in a statement to The Dakota Scout.

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In a federal complaint accusing the district of a Title IX violation, Jenny Griffin says that her former principal at Central, Mike Talley, began grooming her in 2016. Griffin was hired as a counselor at the school in 2011, and at one point after she was hired, Talley’s wife, Jackie, was her supervisor.

In 2016 she started working as a teacher, moving into the same building as Mike Talley. In 2017, Talley invited her to an out-of-state conference and insinuated the two could get drinks and hook up, but that didn’t happen after Jackie Talley also attended the conference, the complaint alleges.

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