Sexual Assault Support

If you experience a sexual assault or sexual harassment, you may report the incident to ANY adult in the building that you trust. Below is a list of adults that you can go to if you are not sure who to report to.

School Social Workers - (In counseling office above the cafeteria)

Jed McClean - jmcclean@pps.net - SS210

Holly Vaughn-Edmonds - hvedmonds@pps.net - SS211

What they can support with:

• Help with filing a Title IX report

• Individual mental health check-ins

• Mental Health support groups

• Referrals to higher level of care counseling

• Creating safety plans

• Family support

School Counselors - Above the Cafeteria

**Counselors serve students alphabetically based on last names

Javier Huerta - A-Com - jhuerta@pps.net - Make an appointment here

Maleka Allen - Con-Hal - mallen1@pps.net - Make an appointment here

Krystal Toderick - Ham-Log - ktoderick@pps.net - Make an appointment here

Teresa Hytowitz - Loh-O - thytowitz@pps.net - Make an appointment here

Tearale Triplett - P-Sn - ttriplett@pps.net - Make an appointment here

Keixa Bridges - So-Z - kebridges@pps.net - Make an appointment here

What they can support with:

• Making sure you are on track to graduate

• Schedule changes/forecasting to ensure you earn all needed credits

• Talking with teachers

• Family connection

• Enrollment in credit recovery courses for summer scholars, evening scholars, or virtual scholars

Title IX (Title Nine)

To file a Title IX Report Click here

What is Title IX?

Title IX is a Federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex in all education programs and activities.

Under Title IX, all of the following are considered forms of sexual harassment:

• 1. Sexual harassment

     1. Conditioning access to educational benefits on unwelcome sexual conduct (“quid pro quo”); or

     2. Engaging in unwelcome conduct that is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a student equal access to a school’s education program or activity.

  2. Sexual assault

     1. Forcible or non-forcible sex offense under the uniform crime reporting system of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or

     2. Unwelcome sexual conduct that occurs without consent or when under the influence of drugs/alcohol, while unconscious or elicited using physical force, coercion, or explicit or implied threats.

  3. Dating (or domestic) violence

     1. Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with another.

  4. (cyber)Stalking

     1. A pattern of behavior intended to cause fear or intimidation

• Discrimination based on pregnancy or parenting status: discrimination or unequal access to educational programs or opportunities based on pregnancy or parenting status

• Gender inequity in athletics or education programs: unequal access based on sex to athletics, co-curricular or educational programs; inequitable access to facilities, participation, scholarships or other educational benefits.

• Discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity: under Oregon law, discrimination includes “any act that unreasonably differentiates treatment, intended or unintended, or any act that is fair in form but discriminatory in operation, either of which is based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age or disability.” Oregon law broadly defines, “sexual orientation” as an individual’s actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality or gender identity, regardless of whether the individual’s gender identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that traditionally associated with the individual’s sex at birth."

For more information on Title IX and more Survivor resources go to the Title IX website