Change DOE policy

According to the DOE chancellor’s policy section  A-831 STUDENT-TO-STUDENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Depending on the investigation of the principal, a student who has been accused of sexual harassment towards another student will only be offered counseling, not a disciplinary action such as detention, change of class, change of school, or a different lunch schedule than the victim. If a student was sexually harassed on school grounds the victim will still have to share the same classroom and /or lunch schedule. This policy should change so no victim has to stay in their class room whether they have an IEP plan or not, with the accused. The DOE does not make public schools send a letter home reminding parents to have talks with their children to see if they were touched and to remind children the difference between a good or bad touch. The DOE does not have a protocol in place to have schools create an assembly to remind students in school of the difference between good or bad touches.