While the incident does meet the definition of sexual harassment, it also could fall under a misconduct policy, Gooldy said. Either way, he said, it is still the same misbehavior and the consequences would be the same.
"I did make decision based on the results on the investigation that I did," DeWolfe said.
She said this is a rare case because typically with younger students, they stop the undesired behavior after they are talked with and it's described that it's not appropriate at school.
"This is very rare," she said. "I would say that in the last nine years I have had to speak with a student three or four times and each time the student has chosen to stop the behavior."
http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com...ce-technology-student-suspended-after-kissing
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"(The public) needs to make sure they know the whole story, and they need to make sure that they understand that there is another student involved in this situation whose rights need to be protected, as well," Gooldy said.
The incident started when the boy kissed the girl on the cheek in November and then he again kissed her on the hand in December.
The ongoing incidents reportedly were welcomed by the girl.
http://www.chieftain.com/news/2103544-120/incident-student-suspension-girl
“The category of behavior was changed from sexual harassment to misconduct. It has never been about labels for us, we just want the behavior to be corrected,” said Superintendent Robin Gooldy.
bbm, and of course it doesn't help when she likes it and doesn't tell him to stop. jmo
