Girls Don't Matter: Read Huron Schools report about staff and sexual harassment
All 25 pages are attached here
HURON — Nearly two weeks since the district received a report clearing school employees of failing to protect female students from harassment and aggressive sexual behavior in the schools, Huron school board members have maintained a cone of silence.
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Board members Jodi Halter-Mast, Stacey Hinners, Dr. Elizabeth Laffay, Stacey Hartley and Chris Rager have made no public comment. Board members, during the regularly scheduled board meeting Dec. 15, voted to go into an executive session, where they apparently received the report from Venice Solutions Group, a firm hired by the board. After about 20 minutes, the board returned to the public meeting and board president Jodi Halter-Mast read from a prepared statement.
There was no public discussion about the report or or vote to approve accepting it, or about paying for it. There also wasn’t any vote on agreeing to read from a prepared statement. Board members did not provide any feedback about the findings, although Halter-Mast, reading from the prepared statement, said the matter is closed.
It’s unknown who wrote the statement, or when, or if Venice Solutions Group provided it to the board, or if the board approved the statement during the closed-door session, which likely would be improper.
Here is the 25-page report, written by David Brode, an assistant Portage County prosecutor who works for the Venice Soultions Group, (VSG):
