an update tonight on a story we first brought you in April a grand jury will hear the case against now former Atlantic City High School principal Constance Days-Chapman.

Who's accused of failing to report child abuse and is also charged with official misconduct and obstruction of justice the case involves the teenage daughter of Atlantic City Mayor Marty small and his wife laqueta small who's the school district superintendent who accused her parents of physical verbal and emotional abuse the claim set off an investigation which charged the smalls with endangering the welfare of a child and linked DA's Chapman with covering it up no dates have been set yet for either case meanwhile in Camden the district's Advisory Board president is refusing to step down despite chaotic protests and mounting frustration from the community over the embattled leader who want president Wasim Muhammad to be fired or resign following a $2 million settlement with a former student who accused him of sexually assaulting her three decades ago Ted Goldberg has that story as a parent it's outrageous to believe that the people who are in elected position would not have made this easier on a community and just ask Mr Muhammad to step in Wasim Muhammad has drawn outrage in Camden for staying on as president of the city's School Advisory Board despite being the subject of a recent $2 million settlement for child SE sexual abuse in a civil case Muhammad's lawyer did not respond to our request for comment but he said Muhammad would not step down from his position this is not a head hunt for Mr Muhammad This Is Us pleading to the city of Camden that if we open the gates to allow someone who has been decided by the judge and a jury that they are guilty we will open up the floodgates for anyone to think they can sit in the seat and and have a record and that's unsafe for our community ask yourself this board full of Integrity right now because if one piece is broken that means the whole will is damaged the response has been widespread anger at school board meetings since when do we stand for Injustice one of the speakers at this meeting was the lawyer representing Sela Robinson she claims Muhammad groomed her and sexually abused her since she was in the seventh grade and a jury sided with her earlier this year her statement read in part every day that he remains you are making a statement that says morality integrity and safety are not a necessity for those who serve in the highest administrative roles in Camden City Schools Muhammad took a leave of absence earlier this year because of the lawsuit and he missed enough consecutive meetings that the school board could have drawn up a motion to remove him Robinson is furious that didn't happen she knows him and that's just the kind of person that he is she's more uh upset and and surprised that the board that the superintendent haven't taken whatever steps in fact they haven't even said anything publicly to denounce his actions according to the Philadelphia Inquirer the Camden school district has paid more than $200,000 to the lawyer defending Muhammad the school board did not respond to our request for comment by deadline they've argued they do not have the power to kick out Muhammad the Camden City Board of Education the members of this board of education pursuant the state statute do not have power or authority to remove a board member under these circumstances yes you do yes you do face residents are not going to settle for business as usual and settle for uh the excuses that were being given from C city leaders another option is a recall election to knock Muhammad off the board parents have started that process but they need a quarter of Camden City's registered voters to sign on that's more than 10,800 people it can be done because I think that everyone realizes that the people are standing together saying this has to be done because it's not about Mr Muhammad it's not about anything else more than that we are saying that the camon residents will not tolerate anyone with a record of any kind of criminal charges to sit at the front of government to lead us in any way this is an uphill challenge but the Candon residents I think are as they said in the meeting fed up and fired up and are looking to um any means that they can to bring about accountability in the meantime same you expect people in Camden to make noise at Schoolboard [Music] meetings especially if they're not satisfied with their response from other elected officials the community has not heard statements from the mayor City Council Members despite the fact that uh the city Democratic party has supported um you know Wasim Muhammad's previous political campaigns and so really the community right now is looking for leadership when you see people up in arms and upset and disrupted is because they finally hit a point where they've had enough you cannot continue to bully your residents that are your constituents you can't do that people are going to stand up they're going to have a response Governor Phil Murphy has called for Muhammad to step down others have asked the school board to at least demote Muhammad as president even if they don't have the power to kick him off entirely for NJ Spotlight news I'm Ted Goldberg [Music]