For seven hours, according to T.M.s parents, lawyers for both of the families and for the school district itself debated the facts and, especially, how to interpret them.
In the end, T.M. was found in violation of Peachtrees Student Conduct Behavior Code, according to the complaint; both students were disciplined, in the form of additional suspensions, for engaging in consensual sexual activity on campus.
T.M is currently enrolled in another high school, but forever impacted by the incident.
What has hurt the most is that I have suffered for something I didnt do,” she wrote. “My school punished me and made it seem like the attack was somehow my fault. For a long time, I thought maybe it was.
And that, right there, is the problem.