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C.A., a minor, [1] filed a complaint through a guardian ad litem, naming as defendants a public high school, the school district, and an individual guidance counselor. The complaint alleged 11 causes of action, including negligence, negligent supervision, negligent hiring, sexual battery, assault, and sexual harassment. The trial court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend. C.A. appeals.

C.A. filed his complaint on January 8, 2009. The trial court earlier had granted C.A.'s petition for relief from the provisions of Government Code section 945.4, [2] permitting C.A. to file the complaint.

The complaint alleged that C.A. was a student at a public high school operated by the William S. Hart Union High School District (School District). The head guidance counselor and advisor at the high school (an employee of the School District) was assigned to "counsel, advise and mentor" C.A. The complaint alleged that the guidance counselor sexually harassed, abused and molested C.A. on a number of occasions from January 2007 to September 14, 2007. The guidance counselor drove C.A. home from school and spent long hours with C.A. on and off the high school premises. The…