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In reply to the discussion: 18 year old sues parents for kicking her out and not paying her tuition [View all]DebJ
(7,699 posts)what authorities can do to them if they don't report absolutely any possibility of abuse
and counsel the student to find protection. They have to exercise caution. That doesn't
mean they thought there was real relevance to the accusations of abuse. It means
that the school wanted someone to check it out to be safe.... and actually, with some
children, the children need to be told by the authorities that things the children perceive
as abuse, really is not abuse. We just don't know the facts.
On edit: the actions that the school chose to take result in not only clearing themselves
of any issues at all, but insure that a third party outside of the home investigates fully,
so that both child and parents will hopefully obtain whatever assistance is required.
But it doesn't incriminate anyone in my opinion.