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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ While the allegation was unsubstantiated following multiple, thorough investigations including by law enforcement and an independent third-party expert, this situation cuts to the core of our values as a school.”

The new email from GDS is still doubting the credibility of the survivor —- using terms like “unsubstantiated”[/quote]

yes--it almost seems worse than the first email in how they claim that there is absolutely zero evidence of anything and imply the child is lying. Horrible things can happen anywhere, it's how GDS is reacting that is the most alarming. [/quote]
I'm sorry, but I did not get that sense at all. And the word "unsubstantiated" is the appropriate word here. Because an allegation is unsubstantiated does not mean that the event did not happen, merely that there is a lack of evidence to corroborate the child's report that the incident happened at GDS by two students.
I am sure that more information will trickle out to the public over the upcoming days, but I truly believe that GDS would not allow two students who have raped another student to remain enrolled, if only for the liability of another incident occurring. The school has a lot of legal expertise they could tap into, and I am positive that they were advised -- if there was sufficient evidence to show that the students presented a threat -- to remove the students from the campus immediately. The fact that the school has not done so -- at least to the extent that we are aware -- suggests that there really is not enough evidence to act upon the evidence presented by the victim.[/quote]

The fact that the school has not released their independent report to the victim’s family is troubling. Why not release it to the family? How they found there was no evidence, the process, is all material to the family of the 11 year old. If anything, in getting a sense of the depth of inquiry.[/quote]

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