CARLSBAD: Trial starts for girls suing school in sexual abuse claim

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By TERI FIGUEROA
tfigueroa@nctimes.com
May 16, 2012

A former teacher convicted of sexual battery against two Carlsbad elementary school girls is out of prison after less than two years, according to state prison officials, but his name does not appear on the state's Megan's Law website.

The teacher, Raymond Lewis Firth, 41, was released from prison on March 3, a state prison official said.

On Monday, jury selection began in a civil trial involving two of Firth's young victims, whose parents are suing Carlsbad Unified School District on their behalf. The suit says that the school district was negligent in monitoring Firth during the seven years he taught at Pacific Rim Elementary School...