Report a Concern

RUSD is committed to the health and safety of students, staff, and the community. RUSD encourages all individuals to report concerns to site principals or our District Office immediately. RUSD investigates concerns to determine corrective action. Concerns can be reported via the online Report a Concern Form, email, phone, or in-person. Concerns may be anonymously reported. Concerns that may include, but are not limited to:

1. Report suspicious online activity
2. Report a concern about an incident at a school site
3. Provide feedback about a specific school's program and/or leadership
4. Report a concern about any District policy or procedure
5. File a complaint against a District employee
6. Request for a conversation with the school principal's supervisor

To report a concern, contact the RUSD District Office and/or your RUSD school site principal using the contact information provided or the Report a Concern Form by click the button below.

Report a Concern Form

How will a complaint be investigated?

Complaints filed under the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedure will be investigated and a decision made within sixty calendar days of the District’s receipt, unless the complainant agrees to an extension. The District’s compliance officer or designee may interview alleged victims, alleged offenders, and relevant witnesses. The compliance officer may review available records, statements, or notes related to the complaint, including evidence or information received from the parties during the investigation. The compliance officer may visit reasonably accessible locations where discrimination is alleged to have occurred. As appropriate, the District’s compliance officer periodically will inform the parties of the status of the investigation. The complainant will be notified when a decision is made. 

Complaints that are not filed under the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedure will be investigated and decided pursuant to the applicable procedure.

What happens when the investigation is complete?

For complaints filed under the Uniform Complaint Procedure, the compliance officer will prepare and send a final written decision to the complainant and respondent, if any, within 60 calendar days of the District’s receipt of the complaint (unless this deadline is extended by mutual agreement).

The complainant or respondent may appeal the District’s decision within fifteen calendar days to the California Department of Education. The appeal must specify the reason for the appeal and whether the District’s facts are incorrect and/or the law is misapplied. The appeal must include a copy of the original complaint to the District and a copy of the District’s decision. For more information, visit the California Department of Education’s webpage on Uniform Complaint Procedures: http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cp/uc/index.asp.

For complaints alleging unlawful discrimination based on state law, the complainant may pursue available civil law remedies, including seeking assistance from mediation centers or public/private interest attorneys, sixty calendar days after filing an appeal with the California Department of Education. (California Education Code § 262.3.) Note that this sixty day moratorium does not apply to complaints seeking injunctive relief in state courts or to discrimination complaints based on federal law. (California Education Code § 262.3.)

Complaints may also be filed with the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, within 180 days of the alleged discrimination. For contact information, see the section above on “How do I file a complaint of sex discrimination?” For more information, visit http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.

If the compliance officer finds that a complaint has merit, the District will take appropriate corrective action.

Where to file your complaint?

File your complaint at:

Brian Lynch
RUSD District Office
277 A Karen Way
Tiburon, CA 94920
Telephone: 415-381-1112
Email:  blynch@reedschools.org 

Education Code 35186 creates a procedure for the filing of complaints concerning deficiencies related to instructional materials, conditions of facilities that are not maintained in a clean or safe manner or in good repair, or teacher vacancy or misassignment. The complaint and response are public documents as provided by law. Complaints may be filed anonymously. However, if you wish to receive a response to your complaint, you must provide the contact information in your complaint.

Only the following issues may be the subject of this complaint process. If you wish to complain about an issue not specified below, please contact the school or district for the appropriate district complaint procedure. 

Please address all that issues that apply, as a complaint may contain more than one allegation. 

1. Textbooks and instructional materials: (Education Code 35186; 5 CCR 4681) 

·       A student, including an English learner, does not have standards-aligned textbooks or instructional materials or state- or district-adopted textbooks or other required instructional materials to use in class. 

·       A student does not have access to textbooks or instructional materials to use at home or after school. This does not require two sets of textbooks or instructional materials for each student. 

·       Textbooks or instructional materials are in poor or unusable condition, have missing pages, or are unreadable due to damage. 

·       A student was provided photocopied sheets from only a portion of a textbook or instructional materials to address a shortage of textbooks or instructional materials. 

2.     Teacher vacancy or misassignment: (Education Code 35186; 5 CCR 4682) 

·      A semester begins and a teacher vacancy exists. A teacher vacancy is a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the school year for an entire year or, if the position is for a one- semester course, a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester. 

·      A teacher who lacks credentials or training to teach English learners is assigned to teach a class with more than 20 percent English learners in the class. 

·      A teacher is assigned to teach a class for which the teacher lacks subject matter competency. 

3.     Facilities conditions: (Education Code 17592.72, 35186, 35292.5; 5 CCR 4683) 

·      A condition exists that poses an emergency or urgent threat to the health or safety of students or staff including gas leaks; nonfunctioning heating, ventilation, fire sprinklers, or air-conditioning systems; electrical power failure; major sewer line stoppage; major pest or vermin infestation; broken windows or exterior doors or gates that will not lock and that pose a security risk; abatement of hazardous materials previously undiscovered that pose an immediate threat to students or staff; structural damage creating a hazardous or uninhabitable condition; and any other condition deemed appropriate by the district. 

·      A school restroom has not been cleaned or maintained regularly, is not fully operational, or has not been stocked at all times with toilet paper, soap, or paper towels or functional hand dryers. 

·      The school has not kept all restrooms open during school hours when students are not in classes and has not kept a sufficient number of restrooms open during school hours when students are in classes. This does not apply when temporary closing of the restroom is necessary for student safety or to make repairs. 

Please be prepared to describe the issue of your complaint in detail. You may attach additional pages and include as much text as necessary to fully describe the situation. For complaints regarding facilities conditions, please describe the emergency or urgent facilities condition and how that condition poses a threat to the health or safety of students or staff.

File your complaint at:

Brian Lynch
RUSD District Office
277 A Karen Way
Tiburon, CA 94920
Telephone: 415-381-1112
Email:  blynch@reedschools.org 

 

 

In accordance with Federal Civil Rights Law, Reed Union School District is prohibited from discriminating based on gender, gender identity or expression, or genetic information, race, color, religion, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, sex, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation; the perception of one or more of such characteristics, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. 

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in all educational programs and activities, including athletic programs. No person shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity operated by the District. Title IX protects all participants in the District’s educational programs and activities, including students, parents, employees, and job applicants. The District does not discriminate on the basis of sex. Discrimination on the basis of sex can include sexual harassment and sexual violence.

In addition to Title IX, the California Education Code prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in schools. (California Education Code §§ 220-221.1.) Other state and federal laws also prohibit discrimination and ensure equality in education. Please refer to Board Policies and Administrative Regulations BP 0410, BP 0450, AR 1312.3, AR 4119.11, BP 6145, BP 6145.2 for more information on the District’s anti-discrimination policies.

The District Title IX Coordinator oversees the District’s compliance with Title IX requirements and promotes sex equity in the District’s programs. A student, parent, guardian, employee, individual, or organization may file a written complaint alleging discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying on the basis of a protected characteristic under the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedure by sending a complaint to:

Brian Lynch, Title IX Coordinator
RUSD District Office
277 A Karen Way
Tiburon, CA 94920
Telephone: 415-381-1112
Email:  blynch@reedschools.org 

If you need assistance putting your complaint in writing, please contact the Superintendent’s Assistant at the District Office. You may file a complaint anonymously, but the District’s ability to investigate and respond may be limited by a lack of information.

You may also file a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights. For more information, visit http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.  The electronic complaint form for the Office for Civil Rights is available online at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html

Contact the Office for Civil Rights at:

San Francisco Office
Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Education
50 United Nations Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 486-5555
Fax: (415) 486-5570; TDD: (800) 877-8339
Email: ocr.sanfrancisco@ed.gov