Quartet of councilors allege 744 sexual assaults in ’21-’22 school year
During an Oct. 27 City Council hearing on violence in the Boston Public Schools, Councilors Michael Flaherty, Erin Murphy and Ed Flynn questioned BPS officials on increased reports of violence in the schools.
When Flaherty posed a question about what he said were 740 incidents of “sexual assault” in the 2021-2022 school year, BPS officials pushed back.
“I think we want to just take the opportunity to distinguish between sexual assault and what we call sexual misconduct,” BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper responded.
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