Two days after a southeast Valley parent whose child was beaten by a group of teens filed a $6 million notice of claim against the Chandler Unified School District, a dozen people spoke before the governing board and called on it to take action against teen violence.
“It is not enough to react to incidents as they occur,” said speaker Angela Rogers, who urged the board to conduct a deep dive into assault and suspension data. “We must understand the patterns and causes, for there is a connection between on- and off-campus behavior that we cannot afford to ignore anymore.”
In the notice of claim, which was sent to prospective defendants on Monday and is a required step before a lawsuit against a public entity or employee in Arizona, a Chandler Unified parent alleged school officials were warned his son had received death threats and made no effort to stop the harassment before he was beaten in August at an In-N-Out Burger in Gilbert, leaving him with a severe concussion and other injuries.