Every member of the school community is obligated to report any suspected instances of discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions (including lactation), age, disability, or any other prohibited basis under the law.
Report Discrimination or Harassment
Anonymous reports can be made through the "Say Something" Anonymous Reporting System.
PWCS employees should visit the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance Launchpad page for more information on how to report an allegation of discrimination and harassment.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and School Board Policy 738 prohibit harassment based on sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation. PWCS encourages all students, and requires all employees, to immediately report allegations of sexual harassment to school officials.
Any person can report sexual harassment directly to the Title IX Coordinator, use the online reporting form.
A printable version of the Formal Complaint of Title IX Sexual Harassment can be completed and filed with the Title IX Coordinator.
After receiving a report of sexual harassment involving one or more students, the Compliance Team will determine whether the alleged misconduct could constitute Title IX Sexual Harassment as defined in Regulation 738-1.
If the alleged misconduct could constitute Title IX Sexual Harassment, PWCS will make supportive measures available to the target of the alleged harassment (the Complainant) and to the student who has been accused of harassment (the Respondent).
Supportive measures are not disciplinary or punitive; rather, they are individualized services designed to enable the Complainant and Respondent to continue receiving educational programs and activities while the allegation is being investigated and resolved.
Following a Title IX investigation, if it is determined that the Respondent sexually harassed the Complainant, PWCS will implement remedies designed to restore or preserve the Complainant's equal access to PWCS education programs or activities and to prevent the harassment from recurring.
View the Title IX Family Guide to get answers to frequently asked questions.
To the extent possible, information relating to a complaint and/or investigation of discrimination or harassment shall be kept confidential, except as necessary to conduct a full and fair investigation, allowing the Respondent to defend himself or herself.
When a Complainant reports to PWCS any form of discrimination or harassment but requests confidentiality, such a request may limit the ability to investigate and take necessary corrective action.
When a Complainant requests that PWCS not investigate, PWCS shall determine whether it can honor such a request in accordance with applicable laws. In such situations, PWCS may determine that it shall investigate or report to law enforcement, or both.
A PWCS student or employee who knowingly makes a false report or written complaint, or who knowingly presents a false statement, shall be subject, as appropriate, to discipline under the PWCS “Code of Behavior”; or Regulation 503-1, “Standards of Professional Conduct for all Employees,” and Regulation 572-1, “Disciplinary Action.”
PWCS strictly prohibits retaliation against an individual who reports alleged discrimination or harassment, or who assists, participates in, or refuses to participate in the investigation of discrimination or harassment.
Students and employees may not interfere with or obstruct the investigation, nor influence or attempt to influence the testimony of any witness. Such misconduct by a PWCS student or employee shall be addressed, as appropriate, under the PWCS “Code of Behavior”; or under Regulation 503-1, “Standards of Professional Conduct for all Employees,” and Regulation 572-1, “Disciplinary Action.”