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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is the issue: the manner in which the school first presented it seemed plausible, so I agreed. Of course, there is only so much time to appeal. As I met the parents whose children were involved, it became apparent that the school misrepresented what actually happened. Do we say this in the common app?[/quote]

No.  You shouldn't accuse the school of basically being dishonest ("misrepresenting what actually happened") in your answer.  You have to suck it up and deal.  Or if you have multiple people saying something significantly lesser happened, you bring that to the school's attention, despite the appeals deadline passing.  If necessary, go above the school if there is a chance your child will look really bad based on the current record.  Get it expunged and then you'd still say yes and say the facts were later found to be different XYZ, and the school agreed to have the suspension expunged.  It happened, so I think you'll have to say yes.  You should be able to work to have the record corrected if the school did in fact misrepresent what happened and you have corroborating witnesses. Don't leave something harmful on you DC's record if it's not true. [/quote]

The main person involved had a different, worse charge - justifiably so. DC had a lesser charge, but only after finding out the facts, was it obvious that school was (very) wrong.  It is too late to do anything about it - they won’t budge - mostly because we pointed out how wrong the school was. I know “curious minds want to know” the details on DCUM, but that won’t happen. So I am moving on to the “what now” stage. Thanks to the helpful PPs - keep the help coming!

It is important for all parents to know that schools generally close ranks.  I am not of the insecure, hyper competitive parenting mindset, and I think it is important parents are forewarnerned. Even great kids get wrongly accused. If anyone has specifics on how to get the record corrected, or how to move on from here, that would be appreciated. Another PP stated “suck it up” - not helpful, for obvious reasons. [/quote]

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