CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
In accordance with
Archdiocesan policy and California State Law, school staff is obligated under penalty of fine,
and imprisonment to report reasonable suspicion of physical and/or emotional
abuse, emotional deprivation, physical neglect, physical endangerment,
inadequate supervision, or sexual abuse or exploitation. In this very serious and legally narrow area,
the school will not contact the parents in advance of making a report to legal
authorities. The clear intent of the law
is to mandate that a report of reasonable suspicion of abuse be made. School staff will make such reports in the
best interest of the child and do not, once reasonable suspicion has been
established, have any legal alternatives except to make the report to the
proper authorities for their investigation and review.
