Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse. For Rufus del Valle, high school had been a scary place, where he felt powerless. All four years had been marred by seemingly unchecked sexually inappropriate behavior from both students and teachers. Back then, he hadn’t spoken up, afraid of retaliation. But during his first semester of college, he had become increasingly certain that what he experienced at Blake High School in Tampa shouldn’t be normal. What if he could get someone in charge to listen now? So in 2019, he wrote to several high-level district officials. Responses started coming back in a few hours. Most of what he detailed ... Continue reading... https://www.yahoo.com/news/tampa-teens-wanted-school-protect-100000006.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse.[/google] Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse. For Rufus del Valle, high school had been a scary place, where he felt powerless. All four years had been marred by seemingly unchecked sexually inappropriate behavior from both students and teachers. Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/tampa-teens-wanted-school-protect-100000006.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse.[/google] Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse. For Rufus del Valle, high school had been a scary place, where he felt powerless. All four years had been marred by seemingly unchecked sexually inappropriate behavior from both students and teachers. Continue reading... Find in Internet Archives [google]Tampa teens wanted their school to protect them. Instead, they say, it got worse.[/google]
What is going on at Tampa’s Blake High School? | Editorial Several students at Blake High School accuse a teacher of sexually inappropriate behavior — and the Hillsborough School district drags its feet. A teenage boy warns classmates about a student who repeatedly sexually harassed others — and the district expels the boy who raised the red flag. Another student says she was raped on campus — and she gets suspended. Time and again the adults in charge failed to take the students’ complaints seriously, a devastating Times investigation found. Instead, they targeted the whistleblowers, deflected blame and seemingly forgot that they aren’t supposed to turn high school into an even ... Continue reading... https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2021/12/15/what-is-going-on-at-tampas-blake-high-school-editorial/ Find in Internet Archives [google]What is going on at Tampa’s Blake High School? | Editorial[/google]
What is going on at Tampa’s Blake High School? | Editorial Several students at Blake High School accuse a teacher of sexually inappropriate behavior — and the Hillsborough School district drags its feet. A teenage boy warns classmates about a student who repeatedly sexually harassed others — and the district expels the boy who raised the red flag. Another student says she was raped on campus — and she gets suspended. Time and again the adults in charge failed to take the students’ complaints seriously, a devastating Times investigation found. Instead, they targeted the whistleblowers, deflected blame and seemingly forgot that they aren’t supposed to turn high school into an even ... Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/going-tampa-blake-high-school-103000886.html Find in Internet Archives [google]What is going on at Tampa’s Blake High School? | Editorial[/google]
