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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not a parent at GDS, but at a similar private school. What I have heard is that powerful families are protected at these schools. Fortunately, my kids have never been involved in bad situations, but others that have say that this kid or that kid are untouchable.

Obviously this may or may not be true or may or ma not apply to GDS.[/quote]

Powerful families being protected is an enormous problem when SA concerns are raised.  But the solution to that is to refer all cases to impartial outside authorities, and to let them provide the direction.  It's not clear to me if GDS referred this to MPD, or if the parent contacted MPD before telling GDS (which would have been an excellent thing for them to do), but having MPD take the lead was the right thing to do.  It does appear that MPD told GDS not to reach out to the community.  [/quote]

According to the letter GDS sent, they reported to the MPD and CPS and also hired an independent investigator. That would be referring the case to impartial outside authorities, yes? GDS also, in their follow-up email, said they hired an outside security consultant, and that they increased the number of cameras at the school and keep the recordings longer.

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My point is that whether GDS reported to MPD and CPS, or MPD was already involved when GDS learned of the situation, GDS did the right thing by allowing MPD to direct the investigation.  I can't speak to whether MPD did a good job on the investigation because obviously I don't know.  But blaming GDS for making sure that MPD was involved, and following their lead is ridiculous.

I have read in one place that GDS was the one who involved MPD, and in another place that MPD was notified in January and the school was notified in February which would imply that someone other than GDS made the first call to MPD.  That's why I wrote it in a vague way.  [/quote]

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