Handling of school incident is a disgrace

To the editor:

Recently, my daughter’s friend, who is like a daughter to me, was grabbed high up on her inner thigh by a male student against her will.

This happened in a classroom. 

She informed the teacher and his response was disgraceful. 

I called the high school when I found out about all of this and spoke to the principal. He assured me that this would not be tolerated and an investigation will be done into the male who touched her. 

In the past year, there was an investigation into a male staff member searching a female student inappropriately, a staff member being dismissed and charged for allegedly touching himself in a classroom full of students and a volunteer teacher banned from school property after being arrested on multiple felony charges.

So I don't put anything past the staff at this point.

The victim in this situation made a statement and her seat was moved in the classroom so she was no longer sitting beside the male student involved in the incident. This was not enough. She was then switched to a different class period so that she isn't in the male’s class anymore.

As far as I know, nothing was done about the teacher. 

Why is she the one being punished and the male who sexually harassed/assaulted her is being able to go on like nothing happened?

This is a complete disgrace of what once was a great school system and has become a building full of everything wrong in the world. 

My business and I have donated a lot of money to JCHS the past few years but that all ends now.

Donald Cooke II

Portland