Chenango Valley School District Superintendent Dr. David P. Gill sent a letter home to families on May 20, addressing a situation at the high school.

In the letter he wrote: "Yesterday (May 19), a group of students asked to meet with me to speak on concerns they had. I met with the students, along with our assistant superintendent and our high school social worker. The students addressed concerns regarding certain policies, certain student behaviors in our high school, and an alleged incident involving students that we are unable to comment on due to privacy reasons."

He continued by stating that since that meeting, the district has discussed the next steps with the Deputy School Resource Officer (SRO), middle school/high school SRO and school attorney. 

"We began our investigation into some of the allegations heard from the meeting yesterday. As school began this morning, the high school was placed in a temporary hold-in-place, due to a student-involved altercation. Our high school principal and assistant principal immediately addressed this. The high school has since returned to a normal schedule with our SROs, teachers, and staff being vigilant in supervision for the remainder of the day," said Gill.

"Our next steps will be to continue the investigation and based on those findings take appropriate action. Please understand that any actions for individuals are confidential and cannot be shared publicly. We will also be convening a committee of staff, students, administrators, and parents, to discuss and recommend solutions to the concerns. In closing, it is important to understand that while we take all accusations of any bullying and harassment seriously, not all resolutions in these cases can be shared publicly. As always, the safety of our students and staff continues to be our top priority," concluded Gill. 

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