When a high school student is accused of academic misconduct, it can have a dramatic effect on your child's ability to attend the college or university of their choice. Academic misconduct charges can include cheating on an exam, using unauthorized internet resources, plagiarism, cheating on college boards, the SAT, SAT subject matter exams, AP exams. It is critical that your high school student is afforded their due process rights, that the charges are clearly defined, that the process to investigate the charges is fair and that any resolution or sanction is appropriate and proportionate to the offense.
In particular, dealing with the college boards requires a detailed understanding of the process to achieve the best possible outcome. The college boards take misconduct extremely seriously and often act with a heavy hand in imposing sanctions.
An experienced attorney advisor will be your high school student's best ally to defend against academic misconduct charges and they should be involved from as early as possible in the case.
Alaska high schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your child's student's academic misconduct 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, Alaska
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, Alaska
- 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, Alaska
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 academic misconduct charges at your child's Alaska high school are handled properly and that the accused student's interests and rights are protected from as early as possible during the investigative and disciplinary process. One reason, among many, is because even at high schools where a finding of responsibility for academic misconduct 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 academic misconduct.
Unfortunately, some parents make the mistake of not taking the necessary precautions as soon as possible when their child is accused of academic 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, being called to answer for alleged academic misconduct 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 Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 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 an academic misconduct advisor to high school students facing investigations and disciplinary cases in Alaska and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your student's interests are protected - Contact National High School Academic Misconduct Defense Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686.