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Parents and community members urge Chandler Unified board to address alleged student safety failures
Summary
Three public commenters at the June 25 board meeting accused district leadership of failing to respond adequately to allegations of student harm, asked for policy and investigative reforms, and requested the superintendent act before his announced retirement.
Three community members used the board's open-call public-comment period on June 25 to press the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board for action on student safety and on how the district has handled allegations of harm.
Katie McPherson, who said she spent 22 years working on a campus and that four of her children attended district schools, told the board she reported an alleged incident on March 8, 2022 and said the district's response to multiple students' reports was inadequate. "Only five of those female students were spoken to by all-male administrators. Only one student has been spoken to by a forensic detective. Eight…
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