{"id":1109504,"date":"2021-12-11T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109504"},"modified":"2021-12-11T16:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:58:38","slug":"nearly-1000-students-at-san-francisco-high-schools-protest-officials-ignoring-sexual-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-1000-students-at-san-francisco-high-schools-protest-officials-ignoring-sexual-misconduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 1,000 Students at San Francisco High Schools Protest Officials Ignoring Sexual Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnearly-1000-students-at-san-francisco-high-schools-protest-officials-ignoring-sexual-misconduct%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109504&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/high-school-classroom-students-france-file2020-sept-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hundreds of students at San Francisco high schools staged a walkout on Friday to protest officials whom they say are ignoring claims of sexual harassment and even assault.<\/p>\n<p>The students gathered in front of San Francisco City Hall chanting and carrying signs that said \u201cNo means no.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople have been pushing for change for so long and SFUSD isn\u2019t listening,\u201d Aliyah Baruch, a senior at Lowell High School and one of the organizers of the Friday protest, said in a <em>San Francisco Chronicle<\/em> report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s to the point where we need to miss our own education to tell SFUSD there needs to be change,\u201d Baruch said. \u201cI pretty much don\u2019t know a single girl on campus that hasn\u2019t been harassed sexually.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been harassed on campus and off campus. It needs to change,\u201d Baruch said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Chronicle&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Nearly-1-000-S-F-students-protest-sexual-16692507.php?sid=5d54065e91d15c7b08162233&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headlines&amp;utm_campaign=sfc_morningfix\">reported<\/a> on the students\u2019 grievances, including being groped in school hallways and suffering verbal abuse:<\/p>\n<p>District officials have acknowledged the issue and say they are working to respond to student demands and ensure those reporting incidents are supported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p>The issue of sexual harassment and assault is not new, students said. It was happening before the pandemic, through distance learning online and has continued as students returned to in-person learning in August. The students from many of the district\u2019s high schools have organized using social media and online message groups to coordinate and support each other\u2019s efforts<\/p>\n<p>The walkouts have renewed a youth \u201cme too\u201d movement, spreading from one high school to another, offering students not only a sense of empowerment to address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault and harassment, but arguably giving teens a unifying purpose after months of isolation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The report includes staggering statistics representing thousands of \u2014 and increasing \u2014 attacks on women:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether there are more assaults and harassment, or simply increased awareness of incidents. According to the most recent national data available, there were 14,938 incidents of rape, attempted rape or sexual assaults reported in K-12 schools in the 2017-18 school year, up from 9,649 in 2015-16 \u2014 a 55% increase. That jump coincided with awareness raised through the #MeToo movement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think that students, adolescents have felt relatively abandoned,\u201d Dr. Jeanne Noble, director of UCSF Emergency Department COVID-19 Response, said in the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s certainly a lot of pent-up fear, anxiety and anger. [A]nd that fuels the fire,\u201d Noble said. Noble joins a growing number of experts who are noting the devastating toll on young people as schools were shut down and children faced isolation at home during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>School supervisors Hillary Ronen and Myrna Melgar both spoke at the rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is absolutely unacceptable that 1 out of 2 women are sexually assaulted in their lifetime,\u201d Ronen said. \u201cWe stand behind you in this struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing safe at school is a minimum,\u201d Ashley Chan, a Lincoln High School senior, said. \u201cWithout action being taken, I can\u2019t be the person I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School Superintendent Vince Matthews sent families a letter addressing the issue:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual harassment has no place in our schools. SFUSD is committed to taking all appropriate steps to make sure we educate, prevent, and address any incidents of sexual harassment that occur in our schools,\u201d Matthews said.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews said the district will convene a sexual harassment student advisory group.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of students at San Francisco high schools staged a walkout on Friday to protest officials whom they say are ignoring claims of sexual harassment and even assault. 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