School Suspends Victim For Being Sexually Assaulted
Wow now, this is as backward as it gets. A 15-year-old girl, at Hawthorne Academy of Health Sciences in Charlotte, was sexually assaulted and reported the attack to school officials. They called in the police and the attacker was charged with sexual battery, and he confessed to the sexual assault. But the school also did their own investigation and found the case is a dud. So now the girl is being treated like a liar and has been punished with a 1-day suspension... What?
"...the school reportedly responded by suspending her and requiring her to take a class called "Sexual Harassment Is Preventable."
"The girl's mother, whose identity is also being protected, expressed outrage at the school during an interview with WBTV.
"The school did their investigation, gave me a phone call, and said, 'Hey, look, unfortunately, it looks like there's no evidence that what your daughter's saying took place did. We're gonna have to give her a day of suspension,'" she told the outlet.
"I said, 'Well if the police are telling me that he did do these things, he admitted to them, and that I have the right to press charges, you're telling me this didn't happen?' And she said, 'Well, unfortunately, what the law does has nothing to do with CMS, so, unfortunately, we have nothing else that we can do about this,'" the mother continued.
She said the incident has left her and her daughter in shock and feeling like the school doesn't have an interest in protecting its students.
"They are making her feel like she is being punished for coming forward," she added."
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And it looks like WBTV's investigative reporter has been trying his damnedest to get a school official to explain this madness.
Yesterday we reported on a @CharMeckSchools student who was suspended after reporting a sexual assault (Story https://t.co/VvqnwRsujc)
Today we tried to ask CMS board members @MargaretMarsh84 @elysedashew @JenniferforCMS if that was acceptable. They wouldn't answer #ncpol #nced pic.twitter.com/skPxWC3VAT
— Nick Ochsner (@NickOchsnerWBTV) November 2, 2021
What am I missing? This is ridiculous. The school is punishing the victim after the attacker confessed to the police that he attacked her. Just what are they thinking? They should go after this school. I wonder how many other female students have been treated this way...