Jacquelyn Zimmerman wrote:
>
> Linda, I think what you say here is a reiteration of what I said in the
> message to which you are replying: one battle was won but not the war.
>
> I agree, at least it appears that way. The question is: what shall we
> do about the conditions you raise? Your public/private dichotomy below
> may be better turned into a public-private cooperative. For example,
> would Title IX be possible without the federal component? And, on the
> other side, perhaps the private case you mention will bring to light
> better what OCR needs to do that it's not doing as you see it.
>
> Finally, in fairness to myself who worked on the Title IX booklet and
> to OCR which had the lead responsibility for it, it is a booklet, not a
> book, it is a retrospective, not a history, it is very short, not
> article- or book-length and therefore limited, as you point out, but by
> the nature of what it is.
>
> jacquelyn_zimmerman@ed.gov
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
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> Subject: Re: OCR and Title IX
> Author: edequity@tristram.edc.org at Internet
> Date: 5/1/98 8:58 AM
>
> But Jacquelyn, there was no discussion of what was done about the
> perpetrator (the perp, as the jargon in sexual assault circles goes); no
> discussion of how the school was handled; no discussion of monitoring
> the situation to make sure other children were not involved. There's no
> problem handling the indiviidual student's situation; I often recommend
> avoiding a perp, when the child can't handle the assault. But that is
> not the end of the story, and certainly it is a devastating admission of
> bankrupt policy and action for the federal government to present this as
> a fable of success for Title IX. It is rather a measure of just how
> poorly the OCR frames its national responsibilities to public policy and
> law. This is why private lawsuit based on Franklin v. Gwinnett has
> become the first line of defense for public equity.
> Linda Purrington
> Title IX Advocates
> lpurring@earthlink.net
>
> >
> > Linda Purrington wrote:
> > "The following paragraph is excerpted from Title IX: 25 Years of
> > Progress
> > [sic] (Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 1997).
> > It
> > troubles me that this is held out as an example of how success in
> > equity; do you have a similar reaction?:
> >
> > "Sexual Asaults and Threats in High School
> > In one school district, a disabled sophomore high school student was
> > sexually harassed by her male music teacher."
> >
> > Linda's questions about this case are right on target. I was involved with
> > writing this publication and many of us who worked on it raised the same
> > questions as Linda. I believe, however, that this example reflects the
> variety
> > of "solutions" required to incidents of this kind. Here, it was most likely
> > quicker to get the student out of the abusive setting than to change the
> setting
> > itself. The important immediate goal was to protect the student. Of course
> > that solution doesn't protect students (plural) for the long run. Once
again,
> > there is always more than meets the eye and questions like Linda's help us
see
> > better, become more aware of levels of inquiry.
> >
> > jacquelyn_zimmerman@ed.gov
>
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