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AUDIT NEWPORT NEWS / SOURCE RECORD
Undated follow-up: review scope and response
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ing selections omit the family greeting, child name and unnecessary official contacts. Parent concerns
recited in the letter are allegations, not investigator admissions.
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Thank you for your continued advocacy on behalf of your daughter and for your patience as the
division has reviewed your concerns. My review of your non-employee discrimination
鈥榗omplaint included documentation maintained in the Synergy student information system
{including communication logs, IEP records, discipline records, and counseling records),
documentation contained in other district reporting platforms (including bullying reports), the
information you previously provided to the Department of School Leadership, and follow-up
with the staff members identified in your complaint.
The investigation did not reveal that decisions made at the school level were based on or
motivated by discrimination, but the complaints were nevertheless investigated in the normal
course of investigating other parental complaints. Additionally, | am without authority to
investigate or suggest corrections to actions taken pursuant to IDEA; this includes manifestation
determination-meetings and IEP matters. Those matters fall outside the scope of this
discrimination review and are governed by separate procedural safeguards and due process
mechanisms. Any remedies related to IDEA or Section 504 concerns would need to be pursued
through those prescribed processes. While this specific allegation was not substantiated as
disability-based discrimination, we remain committed to supporting your daughter's success
and ensuring that all students are treated consistently with division policy. Lastly, NNPS has no
control over Police Department investigations, and | cannot comment on Police Department
practices and procedures.
You also raised several additional concerns. For those matters within the scope of my review
and for which | had access to the relevant records, my findings are summarized below.
Additional Concern 1:
The investigation was incomplete because neither you nor the witnesses you identified were
interviewed, resulting in findings that relied primarily on information provided by school staff.
You further contend that witness statements supporting the student's reports of bullying were
not adequately considered during the investigation.
Response:
The investigation included a review of the information and documentation that had been
provided through the appropriate division data platforms, including information you previously
shared with the Department of School Leadership regarding your concerns.
Additional Concern 2:
School personnel failed to appropriately recognize, assess, document, and respond to repeated
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Dr. Maya D. Tupponce, EdD.
Interim Director of Middle School Leadership
鈥楴ewport News Public Schools
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