The schools share facilities and students can register for classes on both campuses.When she returned to school, her ex-boyfriend began to stalk and intimidate her by calling her names like 'slut' and 'whore' in the hallways, flipping her off and waiting for her outside of her classrooms.At a football game, the boy allegedly hurled the same insults to the girl as he pointed at her and shouted vulgar names while she played in the marching band.In December 2016, the girl went to her counselor and filed a complaint after learning the boy had told one of her friends that he hoped she "gets raped again." During their relationship, the girl had confided in the boy that she had been sexually assaulted when she was a toddler — information he would later taunt her with.After the girl went to the counselor about the rape comment, the counselor called her mother and told her that she would "handle it." The school principal also called the mother to apologize and said the school would "handle it," according to court documents.Two months later, at a "Snowcoming" school dance, the boy taunted the girl again about being molested. In August, after three to four weeks of dating, they broke up.The girl went to Canton High School, which is in the same educational park as Salem High School. LawmakersMore: Teenage victims: 45 days in Brighton rape case a betrayal where is the justice? More than a year of abuseAccording to the lawsuit, here is what led the now-high school junior to sue her school district over a boy who allegedly taunted her for more than a year, to the point of wanting to die.In the summer of 2016, just before the start of her freshman year in high school, a 14-year-old girl started dating an older boy from Salem High School, which is part of the Canton-Plymouth school district.The relationship was short-lived. All allegations of harassment are taken seriously, are investigated thoroughly, and responded to with appropriate action," the Plymouth-Canton school district stated, adding it is "unable to comment on any specific student matter."According to Salvatore, it remains unclear what, if any, action was taken against the boy in this case."My client's' mother was told, 'We’ll talk to him.' But we don’t’ really know what happened," Salvatore said, noting the school district has "incredibly robust" Title IX policies in place."The problem is that the administrators don’t follow them — they don’t seem to understand their obligations under the law,” said Salvatore, who is calling on schools to be more proactive in fighting sexual harassment, especially in the wake of the #metoo movement."Schools are really in the best position to address this kind of conduct," Salvatore said, stressing "The school has a legal responsibility to address it."More: Don't let rapists return to school, victims tell Mich.
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Her class schedule was going to be changed to make sure she did not have a class in the same building as the boy. Return to school, harassment continuesIn May 2017, the girl and her mom met with school officials to discuss a plan for her to return to school. The officer said he would write up a report.To date, no report has ever been furnished to the girl or her mother.
He then showed up at her band activities and stared at her.On Sept. Her mother called the school, again.More than three weeks later, a school official emailed the mother and said an investigation would be underway, but that she could not disclose how the boy was being disciplined.Meanwhile, the girl kept running into the boy at school.On June 2, 2017, she filed a police report with the school resource officer, detailing the harassment.But the harassment would continue the following school year, even though school officials assured her that the boy would not have any classes with her or be in the same building. Her sophomore year, on the first day of school, the boy followed her to classes. The girl went to the office and reported the incident.
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