The information here is designed to help support students and parents through the high school years and prepare students for career and college readiness and success. School counselors work directly with students for their Academic Advising, College and Career Planning, Personal and Social Development, and can provide referral services as needed for a wide variety of issues.

DSISD School Counseling Program Mission Statement

To provide high quality, comprehensive school counseling services to all students. We help all students develop their academic, career, and personal/social strengths to empower them to own their learning, shape their dreams, and create a better world.

Coordinator & Facilitator- Martha Turner & Elizabeth Douglass

The report is shared with a Title IX Coordinator, who will reach out to the Complainant, the person who may have experienced the reported behavior. The Coordinator will talk to the Complainant about supportive measures, which can be put into place if needed to help ensure the Complainant feels safe and maintains access to their learning or working environment. The Coordinator and Complainant will also discuss options for moving the process forward, which include formal and informal paths. If the Complainant decides to move forward with a formal complaint, an Investigator will be assigned to gather evidence about what happened.

Investigator- Elizabeth Douglass

The Investigator will talk separately with both the Complainant and the Respondent, the person alleged to have engaged in the discriminatory or harassing behavior, to tell them both about the informal and formal paths in detail, what their rights are throughout the process, and how to stay in contact with the Coordinator to talk further about supportive measures. The Investigator will gather evidence related to the complaint and write a report that both Parties will have an opportunity to provide feedback about. The report will be sent to a Decision Maker who will decide whether the complaint was founded by a preponderance of the evidence, which means more likely than not that the behavior happened and was a violation of the District’s Title IX policy.

Decision Maker- Rosita Tantao

The report will be sent to a Decision Maker who will decide whether the complaint was founded by a preponderance of the evidence, which means more likely than not that the behavior happened and was a violation of the District’s Title IX policy.

Finally, the Coordinator will meet with both Parties to talk about steps that can be taken to ensure that any discrimination or harassment stops and does not happen again, that both Parties are safe and supported to the fullest extent possible, as well as the option to appeal the decisions made.

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