A fifth woman is suing the city Department of Education for turning a blind eye to years of alleged sexual abuse and harassment by Queens high school principal William Bassell.

The accuser, named as Jane Doe in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, says Bassell sent her more than 30,000 text messages after she started working at his school, the Academy of American Studies in Astoria, inappropriately touched her for years, and retaliated when she tried to transfer to another school earlier this year.

The years-long ordeal only ended when she and another victim reported Bassell, 66, to the Queens District Attorney’s Office in May, resulting in his arrest on sex abuse charges. The charges remain pending, and his lawyer did not return messages seeking comment.

Jane Doe’s lawsuit comes jus

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