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Students, alumni and parents press SFUSD for clearer reporting and protections after walkouts
Summary
Hundreds of SFUSD students and alumni urged the Board of Education to mandate clearer reporting, protective transfers of alleged assaulters, and trauma-informed procedures after walkouts at multiple high schools; student delegates presented a list of demands the board and staff agreed to review.
Students, alumni and parents told the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 9 that the district'a's response to recent reports of sexual assault and harassment has been insufficient and sometimes retraumatizing. Student delegates Joanna Lam and Agnes Ling opened the evening with a report that echoed walkout demands, calling for transparent tracking of reports, stronger protections for survivors and partnerships with community organizations to support a surge of students seeking help.
"We need more transparency with what happens after students have filed a claim," student delegate Joanna Lam said, asking the district to create a tracking system so survivors receive updates after they report incidents. The student delegates also urged the district to prohibit practices that force survivors to sit face-to-face with alleged…
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