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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] You can look this all up in the community crime map by looking up Wakefield. The CCPTA president didn’t make it up.[/quote]

Are you saying that the rape was at Wakefield?
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DP.  I found it on the community crime map, which indicates it happened at Wakefield.  However, that doesn’t necessarily mean the crime happened within the school building.  The map report suggests the incident occurred after 6 pm, so unless it happened at an after-hours event, it’s possible that it happened on the school property but was not otherwise associated with the school itself. [/quote]

Just adding more detail, DP, that the crime map specifically indicates it was on school grounds. (Location Type:	School-College/University)[/quote]

Yes, but on school grounds does not necessarily mean inside the school building. It could have happened near an athletic field, in the wooded area on the property, etc.[/quote]

If you're trying to suggest the incident occured on school grounds but outside of APS' jurisdiction or responsibility, I would direct you to what the chair of the CCPTA said: these incidents, including a rape, occured "in our schools". [/quote]

[b]Without knowing the source for her information, I am not prepared to assume she has full and accurate information[/b]. I will base my views on what is actually known as opposed to what may be assumptions or speculation.

Also, since there has been a formal police report, it is entirely possible that APS has been asked not to publicly comment in order to avoid compromising an ongoing criminal investigation.  I appreciate why parents want this information, but do not agree that their interests outweigh the interests of an effective law enforcement investigation and prosecution, if appropriate.

Finally, in my mind, the privacy interests of the victim Trump any public interest in information about the matter.  Unfortunately I have the experience of my own sexual assault becoming public knowledge due to a confidentiality breach in college.  That violation of my privacy was as traumatizing as the assault itself. [/quote]

Do you think that the President of the CCPTA just steps up to the dais and spreads thinly sourced gossip willy-nilly? Wow. [/quote]

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