When your high school student in Hawaii 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 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 crucial that your high school student is afforded their due process rights, that the charges are clearly defined, that the process used to investigate the charges is fair, and that any resolution or sanctioned is proportionate and appropriate 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 takes misconduct extremely seriously and often acts with a heavy hand in opposing 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.
Hawaii 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:
Honolulu
Public
- Farrington High School
- Kaimukī High School
- Kaiser High School
- Kalani High School
- McKinley High School
- Moanalua High School
- Radford High School
- Roosevelt High School
Private
- Academy of the Pacific
- ASSETS School
- Christian Academy
- Damien Memorial School
- Hawaii Baptist Academy
- Hawaiian Mission Academy
- ʻIolani School
- Kamehameha Schools
- La Pietra (Hawaii School for Girls)
- Le Jardin Academy
- Maryknoll School
- Mid-Pacific Institute
- Myron B. Thompson Academy
- Pacific Buddhist Academy
- Punahou School
- Sacred Hearts Academy
- Andrew's Priory School
- Saint Louis School
- Saint Francis School
- Varsity International School
- Waldorf Academy
Public charter
- Hawaii Technology Academy
- University Laboratory School
Greater Oʻahu
Public
- ʻAiea High School
- Campbell High School
- Castle High School
- Kahuku High & Intermediate School
- Kailua High School
- Kalāheo High School
- Kapolei High School
- Leilehua High School
- Mililani High School
- Nānākuli High & Intermediate School
- Olomana High & Intermediate School
- Pearl City High School
- Waiʻanae High School
- Waialua High and Intermediate School
- Waipahu High School
- Planned East Kapolei High School
- Planned High School
Private
- Friendship Christian School
- Hanalani Schools
- Hale O Ulu School
- Island Pacific Academy
- Lanakila Baptist High School
- Le Jardin Academy
Niʻihau
- Niʻihau High & Elementary
Kauaʻi
Public
- Kapaʻa High School
- Kauaʻi High School
- Waimea High School
Private
- Island School
- Kahili Adventist School
- Kula High & Kula Intermediate School
Molokaʻi
- Molokaʻi High School
Lānaʻi
- Lānaʻi High and Elementary School
Maui
Public
- Henry Perrine Baldwin High School
- Hāna High and Elementary School
- King Kekaulike High School
- Lahainaluna High School
- Maui High School
- Kihei Charter School Kihei
Private
- Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus
- Maui Preparatory Academy
- Anthony High School
- Seabury Hall College Preparatory School
Big Island
Public
- Hilo High School
- Honokaʻa High & Intermediate School
- Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary School
- Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino
- Keaʻau High School
- Kealakehe High School
- Kohala High School
- Konawaena High School
- Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School
- Pāhoa High & Intermediate
- Waiakea High School
Public
- The High School of the Pacific
- Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy (HPA)
- Hualalai Academy
- Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus
- Makua Lani Christian Academy
- Parker School
It is critical to make certain academic misconduct charges at your child's Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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.
