School District That Suspended Rape Accuser Has Dark History

[Jilly_in_VA]

When news broke that a 15-year-old student at Hawthorne Academy in North Carolina had been suspended after reporting an alleged sexual assault to her school, the country was shocked. Other students in her school district were not.

For years, students in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District have brought forward horrifying allegations of sexual assault—being assaulted in the woods, raped in school bathrooms, groped on school buses—and claimed administrators and resource officers discouraged them from reporting the attacks. They have filed lawsuits, hosted town halls, and initiated federal investigations. Now they are taking to the street.

“[The district is] more focused on their reputation and money and how people perceive them… than they are about the actual students,” said Serena Evans, a former CMS student who claims she was sexually assaulted at school in 2016.

“We’re hoping that this becomes… an actual movement where it goes nationwide, where other schools and other school districts start talking about this stuff and taking it seriously.”

In a statement to The Daily Beast, CMS Superintendent Earnest Winston said the district “takes allegations of misconduct seriously and all school-based staff are required to take annual training on how to report such allegations.” He said the school could not comment on specific allegations involving alleged misconduct, personnel matters, or student discipline.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-carolina-school-district-that-suspended-a-15-year-old-rape-accuser-has-a-disturbing-history?ref=home

[58Sunliner]

1. It never ceases to amaze me how much this society tries to suppress victims of sexual assault.

[LoisB]

2. I guess we still haven't really gotten past the "what where you wearing, how much did you have to

drink" era.

[erronis]

5. That's because our common definition of "society" is a male-dominated one.

Males can generally do no wrong. If there is a problem it's because the female caused it.

Even in our governments, the males tend to rule with a few strong or token females to give appearances.

This won't be corrected until we can get rid of the old boy's networks, the patriarchy, the male physical dominance.

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Alas, This Surprises Nobody

Suspending the complainant is quite the red flag.
I will go so far as to Superintendent Winston is a liar.
If they took accusations seriously, their response would not include punishing the alleged victim.