If your child is facing a Title IX case at their high school in Arizona, you need to take the necessary precautions before you engage with the school in any capacity. Although the Title IX Final Rule allows for a more structured and arguably equitable process, you cannot assume that it will be a fair process. The Title IX Final Rule also allows for an investigation or a live hearing model to address and adjudicate the case. You need to be familiar with how the case will be addressed at your child's school.
Every step through the process needs to be calculated because so much is at stake. An experienced attorney advisor will be your son or daughter's best ally through the process if they're facing a Title IX case at their high school in Arizona. They should be involved as early as possible in the process.
Arizona 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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- Agua Fria Union High School District #216
- Aguila Elementary School District #63
- Ajo Unified School District #15
- Alhambra Elementary School District #68
- Alpine Elementary School District #7
- Altar Valley Elementary School District #51
- Amphitheater Public Schools #10
- Antelope Union High School District #50
- Apache Junction Unified School District #43
- Arlington Elementary School District #47
- Ash Creek Elementary School District #53
- Ash Fork Joint Unified School District #31
- Avondale Elementary School District #44
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- Bagdad Unified School District #20
- Balsz Elementary School District #31
- Beaver Creek Elementary School District #26
- Benson Unified School District #9
- Bicentennial Union High School District #76
- Bisbee Unified School District #2
- Blue Ridge Unified School District #32
- Bonita Elementary School District #16
- Bouse Elementary School District #26
- Bowie Unified School District #14
- Buckeye Elementary School District #33
- Buckeye Union High School District #201
- Bullhead City Elementary School District #15
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- Camp Verde Unified School District #28
- Canon Elementary School District #50
- Cartwright Elementary School District #83
- Casa Grande Elementary School District #4
- Casa Grande Union High School District #82
- Catalina Foothills Unified School District #16
- Cave Creek Unified School District #93
- Cedar Unified School District #25
- Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology
- Chandler Unified School District #80
- Chevelon Butte School District #5
- Chinle Unified School District #24
- Chino Valley Unified School District #51
- Clarkdale-Jerome Elementary School District #3
- Clifton Unified School District
- Cobre Valley Institute of Technology District
- Cochise Elementary School District #26
- Coconino Association for Vocation Industry and Technology
- Colorado City Unified School District #14
- Colorado River Union High School District #2
- Concho Elementary School District #6
- Congress Elementary School District #17
- Continental Elementary School District #39
- Coolidge Unified School District #21
- Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary School District #6
- Crane Elementary School District #13
- Creighton Elementary School District #14
- Crown King Elementary School District #41
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- Deer Valley Unified School District #97
- Double Adobe Elementary School District #45
- Douglas Unified School District #27
- Duncan Unified School District #2
- Dysart Unified School District #89
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- Eagle Elementary School District
- East Valley Institute of Technology
- Elfrida Elementary School District #12
- Eloy Elementary School District #11
- Empire School District #37
- Esperanza Academy Accommodation School District
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- Flagstaff Unified School District
- Florence Unified School District #1
- Flowing Wells Unified School District #8
- Forrest Elementary School District
- Fort Thomas Unified School District #7
- Fountain Hills Unified School District #98
- Fowler Elementary School District #45
- Fredonia-Moccasin Unified School District
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- Gadsden Elementary School District #32
- Ganado Unified School District #20
- Gila Bend Unified School District #24
- Gila Institute for Technology
- Gilbert Public Schools
- Glendale Elementary School District #40
- Glendale Union High School District #205
- Globe Unified School District #1
- Grand Canyon Unified School District #4
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- Hackberry School District #3
- Hayden-Winkelman Unified School District #41
- Heber-Overgaard Unified School District #6
- Higley Unified School District #60
- Hillside Elementary School District #35
- Holbrook Unified School District #3
- Humboldt Unified School District #22
- Hyder Elementary School District #16
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- Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified School District #40
- Isaac School District #5
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- O. Combs Elementary School District #44
- Joseph City Unified School District #2
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- Kayenta Unifed School District #27
- Kingman Unified School District #20
- Kirkland Elementary School District #23
- Klondyke Elementary School District
- Kyrene Elementary School District #28
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- Lake Havasu Unified School District #1
- Laveen Elementary School District #59
- Liberty Elementary School District #25
- Litchfield Elementary School District #79
- Littlefield Unified School District #9
- Littleton Elementary School District #65
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- Madison Elementary School District #38
- Maine Consolidated Elementary School District #10
- Mammoth-San Manuel Unified School District #8
- Marana Unified School District #6
- Maricopa County Regional District #509
- Maricopa Unified School District
- Mary C. O'Brien Accommodation School District
- Mayer Unified School District #43
- McNary Elementary School District #23
- McNeal Elementary School District #55
- Mesa Public Schools #4
- Miami Unified School District #40
- Mingus Union High School District #4
- Mobile Elementary School District #86
- Mohave Valley Elementary School District #16
- Mohawk Valley Elementary School District #17
- Morenci Unified School District
- Morristown Elementary School District #75
- Mountain Institute Joint Technology Education District
- Murphy Elementary School District #21
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- Naco Elementary School District #23
- Nadaburg Elementary School District #81
- Nogales Unified School District #1
- Northeast Arizona Technological Institute of Vocational Education
- Northern Arizona Vocational Institute of Technology
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- Oracle Elementary School District #2
- Osborn Elementary School District #8
- Owens-Whitney Elementary School District #6
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- Page Unified School District #8
- Palo Verde Elementary School District #49
- Paloma Elementary School District #94
- Palominas Elementary School District #49
- Paradise Valley Unified School District #69
- Parker Unified School District #27
- Patagonia Elementary School District #6
- Patagonia Union High School District #20
- Payson Unified School District #10
- Peach Springs Unified School District #8
- Pearce Elementary School District #22
- Pendergast Elementary School District #92
- Peoria Unified School District #11
- Phoenix Elementary School District #11
- Phoenix Union High School District #210
- Picacho Elementary School District #33
- Pima County Joint Technological Education District
- Pima Unified School District #6
- Pine-Strawberry Elementary School District #12
- Piñon Unified School District #4
- Pomerene Elementary School District #64
- Pendergast School District #92
- Prescott Unified School District #1
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- Quartzsite Elementary School District #4
- Queen Creek Unified School District #95
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- Ray Unified School District #3
- Red Mesa Unified School District #27
- Red Rock Elementary School District #5
- Redington School District #44
- Riverside School District #2
- Roosevelt Elementary School District #66
- Round Valley Unified School District #10
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- Sacaton Elementary School District #18
- Saddle Mountain Unified School District #90
- Safford Unified School District #1
- Sahuarita Unified School District #30
- Saint David Unified School District #21
- Salome Consolidated Elementary School District #30
- San Carlos Unified School District #20
- San Fernando Elementary School District #35
- San Simon Unified School District #18
- Sanders Unified School District #18
- Santa Cruz Elementary School District
- Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District #35
- Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District #840
- Scottsdale Unified School District #48
- Sedona-Oak Creek Joint Unified School District #9
- Seligman Unified School District #40
- Sentinel Elementary School District #71
- Show Low Unified School District #10
- Sierra Vista Public Schools District #68
- Skull Valley Elementary School District #15
- Snowflake Unified School District #5
- Solomon Elementary School District #5
- Somerton Elementary School District #11
- Sonoita Elementary School District #25
- Johns Unified School District #1
- Stanfield Elementary School District #24
- Sunnyside Unified School District #12
- Superior Unified School District #15
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- Tanque Verde Unified School District #13
- Tempe Elementary School District #3
- Tempe Union High School District #213
- Thatcher Unified School District #4
- Tolleson Elementary School District #17
- Tolleson Union High School District #214
- Toltec Elementary School District #22
- Tombstone Unified School District #1
- Tonto Basin Elementary School District #33
- Topock Elementary School District #12
- Tuba City Unified School District #15
- Tucson Unified School District #1
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- Union Elementary School District #62
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- Vail School District #20
- Valentine Elementary School District #22
- Valley Union High School District #22
- Vernon Elementary School District #9
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- Walnut Grove Elementary District
- Washington Elementary School District #6
- Wellton Elementary School District #24
- Wenden Elementary School District #19
- West-Mec - Western Maricopa Education Center
- Whiteriver Unified School District #20
- Wickenburg School District #9
- Willcox Unified School District #13
- Williams Unified School District #2
- Wilson Elementary School District #7
- Window Rock Unified School District #8
- Winslow Unified School District #1
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- Yarnell Elementary School District #52
- Young Elementary School District #5
- Yucca Elementary School District #13
- Yuma Elementary School District #1
- Yuma Union High School District #70
It is critical to make certain the Title IX investigation at your child's Arizona 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 Arizona 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.
