MCSD Title IX Coordinator,
Compliance Officers & District Decision Maker
Mansfield City Schools is dedicated to creating an advancing District where you feel empowered to raise concerns, ask for help, or learn about your options before making any decisions. If you have experienced, witnessed, or have been impacted in any way by harassment and/or sexual harassment, we can assist in finding the options that feel right for you. To seek assistance and information, you can contact your Mansfield City School District Title IX Coordinator and/or the District Title IX Compliance Officers. Any resources with whom you are most comfortable - you are in control of deciding to whom you speak and how much you want to share.
Title IX Coordinator
Any person may report sex discrimination, including Sexual Harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or Sexual Harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the Title IX Coordinator. Such Coordinator is authorized to coordinate the District''s efforts to comply with its responsibilities under Title IX. The following individual has been designated to serve as the District's Title IX Coordinator:
Tawny Rodriguez
Mansfield City Schools
419-525-6400 ext. 1017
856 W. Cook Road
Mansfield, OH 44907
Title IX Compliance Officers
The Title IX Compliance Officers have specialized training and experience in responding to disclosures of harassment in the MCS community. The following individuals shall serve as the District's Anti-Harassment Compliance Officers:
Mark Wilcheck
Mansfield City Schools
419-525-6400 ext. 1002
856 W. Cook Road
Mansfield, OH 44907
Andrea Moyer
Mansfield City Schools
419-525-6400 ext. 1004
856 W. Cook Road
Mansfield, OH 44907
Title IX District Decision Maker
The following individual shall serve as the District's Decision Maker in the Title IX decision making process:
Winston Greene
Mansfield City Schools
419-525-6400 ext. 1072
856 W. Cook Road
Mansfield, OH 44907
The Compliance Officers and Title IX Coordinator are responsible for coordinating the District's efforts to comply with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, including the District's duty to address in a prompt and equitable manner any inquiries or complaints regarding harassment.
The Compliance Officers and Title IX Coordinator will be available during regular school/work hours to discuss concerns related to unlawful harassment, to assist students, other members or the District community and third parties who seek support or advice when informing another individual about "unwelcome" conduct, or to intercede informally on behalf of the individual in those instances where concerns have not resulted in the filing of a formal complaint and where all parties are in agreement to participate in an informal process.
NOTIFICATION OF POLICY
The District does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education program or activities, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations not to discriminate in such a manner. Inquiries about the applicability of Title IX and its implementing regulations to the District may be referred to the District’s Title IX Coordinator, to the Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both.
NOTIFICATION OF GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
The District has adopted a grievance procedure to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints alleging any action that would be prohibited by Title IX and its implementing regulations. This procedure describes how to report or file a complaint of sex discrimination, how to report or file a complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond.
The District’s Policy and Procedures can be found in Board Policies under Policy 2266.