“During the time I was being abused, I reported three separate times what was happening to me and I was assured it would be handled in-house. In-house was revealed to be a euphemism for how quickly and quietly can we make this go away.”
“I am here today because I am absolutely horrified by the way this has been handled by this district.”
“When problems like this persist, it’s not an HR problem, it’s a governance problem.”
"As a child, you do not see those types of behaviors as grooming. Had there been grooming ethics in place when this was happening to me, the staff would've known exactly what to do when they witnessed it, instead of doing nothing."
"Identifying and defining grooming behaviors within a professional ethics framework is not punishment. It is prevention and empowerment."
“I’d like for you to take a look around this room and let’s recognize something - the people who aren’t here – the people who can’t speak today? Minors who have signed NDAs related to incidents involving staff and/or administration from their school.
And the reason they’re not here is that it’s working — silence is the point.”
“We did what students and families are told to do. Concerns were reported through the appropriate channels, my parents were heavily involved. There was follow-up, documentation, and still, nothing was done. This is because the process never left the institution.”
