Title IX, along with other immensely important civil rights laws, protects vulnerable subsets of our society for the time that they are in school. Discrimination on the basis of sex within a school system, not only distracts the student body from the fundamental purpose of school but also is incredibly harmful to the one(s) facing such discrimination.

A child who is threatened with harassment in math class may not attend. A child scared to walk through the hallway, may not come to school. A child who reports their abuse, but sees nothing done within the school system, may become disillusioned with education and the teachers that are meant to protect them. Not all students want or can pursue the criminal justice avenue (often expensive, lengthy, and re-traumatizing). They simply do not want to sit with their abuser in math class or see them in the hallways. All students deserve and are entitled to the federally protected civil rights promised by Title IX.

We intend to make sure that these rights are protected for our classmates and all future Cambridge Public School students.