Students at Kelowna, B.C. high school protest policies around sex assault complaints
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'I want people who have assaulted various people at our schools to be held accountable, and I want schools to take better care of their students and make us feel safe again.'
Dozens of students at Kelowna Secondary School streamed out of class on Thursday, protesting what they say is a weak response to complaints of sexual assault.
“Today I’m protesting because I want School District 23 to make their schools safe,” said one of the KSS protest organizers.
While Global News did get parental consent to interview the student, the student’s name is being withheld due to the nature of the allegations.
“I want people who have assaulted various people at our schools to be held accountable,” said the student, “and I want schools to take better care of their students and make us feel safe again.”
The student alleges to be a victim of a sexual assault, and, despite a complaint being made to RCMP last November and the school’s administration, had to continue in class with the student for months.
When the students saw similar action at a nearby high school just days earlier, it offered the incentive they needed to organize a similar movement.
“We were planning on doing a protest, but we were like, ‘Well, we could get in trouble. What if the police show up?'” said the student.
However, the student said they received support from the school, as long as the protest was peaceful.
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