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Parents accuse district leaders of failing to respond to student safety concerns during public comment
Summary
Two parents told the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board on June 25 that the district did not adequately investigate or report alleged sexual misconduct and other student safety problems. Speakers asked the board and Superintendent Frank Narducci to take immediate action and to stop using nondisclosure agreements.
Three members of the public used the board’s three-minute public comment period at the June 25 Chandler Unified School District Governing Board meeting to press the district on student safety and on how it handled past allegations involving staff and students.
Katie McPherson, a longtime campus employee and parent, said she reported alleged abuse to Superintendent Frank Narducci on March 8, 2022, and that she has not received an adequate response. “I reported to Mr. Narducci that a man had allegedly harmed multiple students at Castile’s campus,” McPherson said. She told the board that only some students were interviewed and that only one student was interviewed by a forensic detective. She also said the same staff member had previously been a named suspect in an alleged assault at a West…
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