Title IX

Title IX Coordinator:

Mary Edo

637 Orange Center Rd, Orange, CT 06477
P: 203-891-8023
medo@orange-ed.org

The coordinator’s responsibilities include overseeing all complaints of sex discrimination and identifying and addressing any patterns or systemic problems that arise during the review of such complaints.

Title IX Investigators:

School Principals

The investigator's responsibilities includes

-Gathering evidence to determine if the sexual harassment allegations meet Title IX standards

-Provide supportive measure

-Follow the process of the investigation

-Provide a written report of the investigation to the Decision Maker with evidence on which to base the written determination of responsibility at the end of the grievance procedure.

Title IX Decision-Maker:
Mike Gray: Director, Business and Operations

The responsibility of the Decision Maker is to preside over hearings, if applicable, and issue the verdict in the form of written determinations. Decision-Maker monitors the questioning and cross-examination process.

Appeals Officer:

Dr. Evelyn Russo: Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Personnel

The responsibility of the Appeal's officer is to address any appeals made by either party.

Definitions:

Sex discrimination, for purposes of this Title IX policy, occurs when an individual, because of his or her sex, is denied participation in or the benefits of any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. It includes when the District, as an employer, refuses to hire, disciplines or discharges any individual, or otherwise discriminates against an individual with respect to such individual’s compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment on the basis of the individual’s sex.

Sex-based harassment, for purposes of this Title IX policy, includes any of the three types of misconduct on the basis of sex, all of which jeopardize the equal access to education that Title IX is designed to protect:

Any instance of quid pro quo harassment by a school’s employee;
Any unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would find so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it denies a person’s equal access to the District’s educational programs or activities*; or
Any instance of sexual assault (as defined in 20 U.S.C.1092 (f)(6)(A)(v)), dating violence (as defined in 34U.S.C. 12291(a)(10)), domestic violence (as defined in 34U.S.C.12291(a)(8)), or stalking, (as defined in 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(30).

(This definition does not make sexual harassment dependent on the method by which the harassment is carried out.)

*Program or activity includes those locations, events, or circumstances over which the District exercises substantial control over both the alleged harasser (respondent) and the context in which the sexual harassment occurred.