article_snippet.sent: Marlborough ignored allegations against Joseph Koetters at the two previous schools Joseph Koetters had worked at, the lawsuit claims.
article_snippet.sent: Marlborough officials are accused of ignoring complaints made by other female students during Joseph Koetters time working at Pasadena's Polytechnic School and Calabasas' Viewpoint School.
article_snippet.sent: Head teacher, Barbara Wagner, told the family that the complaint would be taken seriously - and was allegedly advised by the president of the board of trustees to handle the matter internally.
article_snippet.sent: When asked if there had been previous complaints against Koetters, it appeared that the head teacher failed to mention a similar complaint in 2005.
article_snippet.sent: it does not appear that complaint by a female student was credited at the time, according to the magazine.
article_snippet.sent: Marlborough claimed last year that they were unaware of Mikaela Gilbert-Lurie's allegation from Marlborough xojane essay that Koetters had touched Marlborough knee.