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Civil rights complaint against high school district over rape case

Original post made on Feb 6, 2017

A former Mountain View-Los Altos High School District student has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, claiming that the district failed to adequately respond after she was allegedly raped by a fellow student off-campus.


Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 6, 2017, 4:33 PM

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Posted by LAHS STUDENT
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Feb 6, 2017 at 11:29 pm

I was also personally violated on LAHS campus, reported it and the principle/assistant and nothing happened.


Posted by concerned citizen
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Feb 7, 2017 at 2:15 pm

Title IX requires schools to address a hostile educational environment even when the abuse occurs off campus, such as on the school bus, during a field trip or extracurricular activity, or online. That is the law.


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