Roosevelt students walk out of class to protest alleged mishandling of sexual harassment claim

Kent Roosevelt High School pictured in a file photo. Roger Hoover/The Portager

Roosevelt students walk out of class to protest alleged mishandling of sexual harassment claim

- Maria McGinnis

Dozens of students at Kent Theodore Roosevelt High School staged a walkout at noon Friday in protest of “sexual harassment by school employees,” an allegation leveled in an anonymous Instagram story and later shared with The Portager by the student in an email.

While the student said she is willing to be named, The Portager is in the process of investigating the student’s allegations and will withhold details about the student and the employees in question until we learn more.

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