By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff
A handful of suspected sexual assaults by Maine high school students in recent months have spotlighted students’ and parents’ dissatisfaction with how schools handle such reports, with many saying schools aren’t doing enough to keep student victims safe.
Two Foxcroft Academy students earlier this month were accused of sexually assaulting a classmate in February.
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A school bus drives along Main Street in Bucksport, Maine. In the background is the lone remaining smokestack of the local paper mill, which employed more than 500 people but closed abruptly just before Christmas in 2014. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report
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