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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was a rape in APS in January??[/quote]

OP, that's a grave allegation. Source? [/quote]

The lady in the video clear says there was a rape in APS in January and that they want more transparency on these kinds of issues... as the only reason the public knew about it is because a parent decided to speak out about it. I have not heard about this, nor has it been discussed AEM. Nor has APS spoken out to say that was untrue.  [/quote]

That’s not quite what she said.  What she said was that in January there had been six incidents of drugs and/violence in APS school, including a rape and a mob assault, but only one of those events was being discussed that evening because a parent came forward publicly.  That last part is about the Wakefield student who died of an overdose.  I am not denying that a rape or a mob assault occurred, but to my knowledge there is no public information to substantiate either of those allegations. [/quote]

The mob assault was reported on ArlNow. Kenmore students beating a Hamm student.[/quote]

Thank you for the correction.  For some reason that article did not come up when I did a search on “assault” on ArlNow.  The fact of that article undermines her point a bit, though, because her argument was that APS hadn’t communicated with the community about those other incidents when the ArlNow article reflects that APS did communicate with families.

As for the rape, it actually really bothers me that she would use that as a grounds to attack the board.  When a student is sexually assaulted, that student’s privacy should be given the utmost respect.  [b]Even communicating hat an incident occurred without naming names threatens to violate the victim’s privacy in this context.[/quote][/b]

How so? How would saying a rape occurred violate the victim's privacy? Or the alleged attacker's privacy? And how does not knowing this occurred protect your kid from violence? It's disturbing that a parent would be fine not knowing that this horror occurred in their kids school. [/quote]

Because the reality is people will out and doxx the victim.  Any public acknowledgment of sexual assault almost always makes life even more difficult for victims.[/quote]

The leadership team could say: No rape occured.  OR: We are investigating an incident.  OR: A crime has occured and the investigation has led to the removal of the perpetrator.[/quote]

That would be more than reasonable. [/quote]

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