Kings County Grand Jury • 2023-2024

Corcoran High School Policy and Procedures Regarding Sexual Assault/Hazing

Published: March 22, 2024 14 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 6 findings

F1
At the beginning of every school year parents and students are provided with handbooks that lay out the expectations, responsibilities, and rules that apply to a student and the repercussions of their conduct. This gives adequate notification of what is expected of students and parents.
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R1
Parents should read and take seriously the Parent Handbook that is provided at the beginning of each school year to know what is expected as well as what resources and recourses are available.
F2
The Corcoran administrator in charge of the original investigation followed the Corcoran Joint Unified School Policy and Procedures.
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R2
School administrators should continue to be familiar with and follow the Corcoran Joint Unified School Policy and Procedures.
F3
The Corcoran High School website does have a link/method for students to report incidents of bullying, sexual assault, etc. anonymously.
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R3
Open communication should be continuous and made a priority between students, parents, and school staff/administration.
F4
The complainants were not made aware or did not clearly understand the appeals process. Decisions made by the Local School Board may be appealed to the County Board of Education.
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R4
Parents should be encouraged to read and understand the parent handbook. Parents should contact the school when questions arise.
F5
The Administrative Hearing Panel did not follow the school administrator’s
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R5
The Administrative Hearing Panel should follow the recommendations of the administrators and staff of their schools.
F6
The School Board did not follow the school administrator’s recommendations regarding this incident.
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R6
The school board should follow the administrators and staff’s recommendations of their schools and not be swayed by the rumblings of the general public. REQUIRED RESPONSE Pursuant to Penal Code Section § 933 (c), provided in part: “No later than 90 days after the Grand Jury submits a final report on the operations of any public agency subject to its reviewing authority, the governing body of the public agency shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body and every elected county officer or agency head for which the Grand Jury had responsibility pursuant to Section § 914.1 shall comment to the presiding judge of the superior court…” Corcoran Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees 1520 Patterson Avenue Corcoran, Ca 93212 Andre Pecina, Superintendent Corcoran Joint Unified School District 1520 Patterson Avenue Corcoran, Ca 93212 INVITED RESPONSES Kings County Board of Education c/o Todd Barlow, Superintendent 1144 West Lacey Boulevard Hanford, Ca 93230 SEND FINAL REPORT RESPONSES TO: Original to: Judge Jennifer Giuliani, Presiding Judge Kings County Superior Court 1640 Kings Court Drive Hanford, CA 93230 Copy to: Kings County Civil Grand Jury P O Box #1562 Hanford, CA 93230 8

Additional Recommendations 5

These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.