Parents give support to the family of a minor abused in a school

“We reiterate our empathy and availability to help in whatever we can and the family needs to clarify the facts. The Association of Parents of Family (APF) has given all its support to the family of the affected person”, says a statement released among the parents of the different courses of the school where he registered.
an act of sexual abuse and a second case is being investigated.

After issuing the pronouncement, the APF convened an extended meeting last night with the delegates to discuss issues such as a risk and crisis mitigation protocol, a communication plan, and classroom security and
the school.

The different delegates summoned brought proposals, one of these was that of the secondary school room, which suggested the intervention of the APF, but with a tendency to reach a meeting point between the affected family and the school.

If this meeting is not achieved, the proposal recognizes that the parties involved will have the right to resort to public authorities to act against the school, having evaluated the full impact on their child and the educational community.

“The school will be able to defend itself and must abide by what the authorities have, with the APF and the delegates being witnesses,” indicates its proposal.

Regarding security measures, the approach recommended that the establishment reform the men’s bathrooms without urinals
common areas and increase the number of guards near the bathrooms.

Likewise, it was suggested to have an alert button in each independent cubicle, which alerts the directors, not only those of security, but also those of psychology, in case of any discomfort during the use of the
sanitary.

Another recommendation is to give workshops on sexuality, respect, values, camaraderie, not only to the students, but also to the
parents.

In addition, it was contemplated to reconsider control, detection and complaint mechanisms on the use
of controlled substances in the
educational establishment.

Parents from other levels also put forward their proposals, such as setting up an email address for anonymous complaints, which gives students enough confidence to write to the school’s Crisis Committee, with the certainty that they will not be intimidated, and that cases will be handled within the framework of ethics and confidentiality.

Some parents also recognized that the school should Improve your communication channels. “We feel absent of the decisions made by the school, we ask for a spokesperson who can keep informed educational community about current situation and future ones regarding problems, beyond the academia,” says one of the approaches.

The annoyance has been so strong among some parents, that one of the individual proposals demands the expulsion of the aggressors without the right to return to school, “following the contract that the parents signed at the beginning of the year, and see the best legal option that is a real lesson for anyone who
I want to do something similar to what happened again.”

Another point requested by one of the parents is that the school publicly and explicitly state that it does not authorize ‘confras’, after working with the students to make them understand the reasons why these parties should not be held, “where alcohol and drugs are out of control. is to be accomplices
direct”.

From the school they assured that they will not cover up any type of action or responsibility that threatens
against the children and their physical or emotional integrity, and through an official statement they assured that the institutional silence has responded to the express request of the family and the authorities to treat this case confidentially, because there are minors involved.

The complaint of sexual abuse mobilized yesterday the Health and Education Commission of the Chamber
of Deputies to the educational establishment, which announced an investigation.

In the middle of the visit, parents and activists protested at the doors of the establishment, denouncing the inaction and cover-up of their authorities. Likewise, yesterday, the affected minor declared in the Gesell Chamber and identified his aggressors.

cameras
The school delivered more than a thousand hours of audiovisual recording from the surveillance cameras, as well as all the information requested.

From the establishment they reported that they held twenty meetings with entities such as the Prosecutor’s Office, the Ombudsman for Children, the Departmental Directorate of Education
(DDE), etc., and that they adhered to the complaint filed by the parents of the victim, filed against the
aggressors.