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Parents and community members urge West Irondequoit to strengthen Title IX response after alleged assaults
Summary
Two public commenters told the board the district failed to protect students after sexual-assault allegations and urged mandatory trauma-informed training, survivor-centered protocols, and accountability including extracurricular suspensions for perpetrators.
Two members of the public used the board’s public-comment time Thursday to urge the West Irondequoit Central School District to overhaul how it handles sexual-assault allegations involving students.
Heather Trowb, speaking during the board’s public-comment period, said the district failed a student “when a student is sexually assaulted while in the care of their school” and urged the board to implement mandatory trauma-informed training for all staff, bring district Title IX procedures into line with current law, and adopt “a transparent survivor-centered protocol for…
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