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Schools highlight importance of reporting abuse
Legal and DFCS advice, training follow last springs SHS arrests
W Charles Wilson
After three arrests that shook Statesboro High School in April and May, Bulloch County Schools officials have taken steps through the summer and continuing this fall to stress to principals and teachers how they must follow reporting requirements for suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse. Referring to a “heightened awareness on mandated reporting” from last spring, Superintendent Charles Wilson updated Board of Education members at their most recent meeting. “Mandated reporting has always been an issue.
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