If your child is facing a Title IX at their high school in Alaska, you need to take the necessary precautions before you engage in any capacity with the school. Although the Title IX Final Rule allows for a more structured and arguably equitable process, it will still require a dedicated approach for an accused student to be found not responsible. The school is not your friend. You have to take the necessary precautions as such.
The Title IX Final Rule will also allow for the case to be addressed and adjudicated either through an investigation model or a live hearing model. You need to be familiar with the school's policies in that regard as to how the case would be addressed and adjudicated. Every step through the process needs to be calculated because so much is at stake. An experienced attorney advisor will be your child's best ally if they're facing a Title IX case at their high school in Alaska. They should be involved as early as possible in the process.
Alaska high schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your child's student's Title IX advisor during investigations, hearings and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following school districts:
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- Alaska Gateway School District
- Aleutian Region School District
- Aleutians East Borough School District
- Anchorage School District, Alaska
- Annette Island School District
B
- Bering Strait School District
- Bristol Bay Borough School District
C
- Chatham School District
- Chugach School District
- Copper River School District
- Cordova School District
- Craig City School District
D
- Delta/Greely School District
- Denali Borough School District
- Dillingham City School District
F
- Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
G
- Galena City School District
H
- Haines Borough School District
- Hoonah City School District
- Hydaburg City School District
I
- Iditarod Area School District
J
- Juneau School District
K
- Kake City School District
- Kashunamiut School District
- Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
- Klawock City School District
- Kodiak Island Borough School District
- Kuspuk School District
L
- Lake and Peninsula School District
- Lower Kuskokwim School District
- Lower Yukon School District
M
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
N
- Nenana City School District
- Nome Public Schools
- North Slope Borough School District
- Northwest Arctic Borough School District
P
- Pelican City School District
- Petersburg City School District
- Pribilof School District
S
- Saint Mary's School District
- Sitka Borough School District
- Skagway City School District
- Southeast Island School District
- Southwest Region School District
T
- Tanana School District
U
- Unalaska City School District
V
- Valdez City School District
W
- Wrangell Public School District
Y
- Yakutat School District
- Yukon Flats School District
- Yukon-Koyukuk School District
- Yupiit School District
It is critical to make certain the Title IX investigation at your child's Alaska high school is handled properly and that the accused student's interests and rights are protected from as early as possible during the sexual misconduct investigative process. One major reason is because even at high schools where a finding of responsibility for sexual misconduct charges is made at a hearing, the investigation will set the stage for what the hearing panel is provided prior to a hearing (and what the hearing panel will in large part rely on at a hearing), and at high schools where the finding of responsibility is made solely through the investigative process, what takes place during the investigation itself will determine whether the accused student is found responsible or not responsible for Title IX charges.
Unfortunately, some parents make the mistake of not taking the necessary precautions as soon as possible when accused of sexual misconduct. Some people will mistakenly believe that if they "just explain what happened," their school will be fair and impartial and will arrive at the truth. In a perfect world this may be the case, but in a perfect world, sexual misconduct allegations and Title IX charges would not exist.
Fighting passionately for the future of his clients at schools throughout the nation for many years, Joseph D. Lento knows how important it is to mount the strongest defense because he understands that an accused high school student's academic future is on the line. He does not settle for the easiest outcome, and instead prioritizes his clients' needs and well-being. Joseph Lento is a licensed attorney in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, is admitted as an attorney pro hac vice in state and federal court if needed when representing clients nationwide, and serves as a Title IX attorney advisor to high school students facing sexual misconduct investigations and disciplinary cases in Alaska and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your student's interests are protected - Contact National High School Title IX Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686.
