DCPS leaders were given five days to confirm whether the incident was reported properly and, if not, the reason for the omission.
In response, the district promised a full-scale refurbishment of how it tracks and maintains crimes on its campuses and that the district would commit to being in full compliance moving forward.was completed in February and found that those changes had been made and that the district was fully performing its legally required reporting.
Read the full memo from the Florida Dept of Education’s vice chancellor of the Office of Safe Schools below:Recently, the Department’s Office of Safe Schools learned that Mr. Jeff Clayton, a teacher at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, was arrested and charged with a violation of section 800.101, Florida Statutes, offenses against students by authority figures, including soliciting in or engaging in sexual conduct.
With respect to the November 2021 incident, Duval County Public Schools substantiated a complaint made by a student that Mr. Clayton, “engaged in inappropriate physical contact and inappropriate communications with and/or in the presence of students when he placed his arm on the shoulder of a student, rubbed her back, and told her she was beautiful.”
In November of 2021, the School Environmental Safety Incident Reporting rule defined Sexual Harassment as, “[u]nwanted verbal, nonverbal, or physical behavior with sexual connotations by an adult or student that is severe or pervasive enough to create an intimidating, hostile or offensive educational environment, cause discomfort or humiliation or unreasonably interfere with the individual’s school performance or participation. See Rule 6A-1.0017, F.A.C.; and 6A-19.008, F.A.C.
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