Dear Dr. Jimenez, Ms. Loob, CCUSD Board, and Ms. Indelicato,

As El Marino parents, we would like to express our deep concerns about student safety on campus and during OCD aftercare and respectfully urge you to take action.

We are deeply troubled by how the district, school, and program leadership has handled this situation. There has been little meaningful action or communication, which has led to growing distrust and fear among parents. Many families are now worried about their children being unsafe at school and creating much stress amongst the entire El Marino community. 

Since the reported incident on December 3, parents have received no clear or meaningful communication from the school or the district about what happened or how the investigation is being handled. We are concerned that additional incidents may be going unnoticed during recess or PE. The lack of transparency raises the possibility that other children may have been harmed without parents knowing. Without information, parents do not know what questions to ask their children or how to determine whether their child may have been affected.

We are not asking you to disclose any confidential information about the accused, the incident, or the investigation. We do, however, want to ensure the safety of all of the kids on the El Marino campus moving forward. 

For these reasons, and others that we have discussed at in-person meetings, we demand that the School District and El Marino provide the following:

1. Same day communication to parents when there is an incident at school or on campus that has a potential impact on our children’s safety. This can be done without disclosing any confidential information, and will help protect more children from further harm. It will also help mitigate the School and the School District’s damages, by providing parents with the information they need to limit the harm caused by such incidents.
2. Disclose to parents the matrix/protocol that the School and the District undergoes when there is sexual assault or a safety incident of comparable severity. Communicate a detailed safety plan for how our school administration will prevent an incident like this from happening again--beyond backfilling two playground aides and going into classrooms to talk about safety. We need a commitment for a bi-annual safety review, to make sure we have the right resourcing in place (for example a minimum # of aides at every recess and every mealtime, a review of the bathroom safety, etc.)
3. When an investigation is being conducted because a student is accused of seriously harming a student, a commitment to increase the 1:1 supervision of the involved students to ensure their safety during an investigation. Effective immediately, and no later than the start of the school day on on February 2nd, any students involved in ongoing Title IX investigations should be accompanied by an an adult who is responsible for the accused's actions for the entire time that the accused is on any CCUSD campus or attending any CCUSD event.  This is an emergency and should be the key priority.
4. A mandatory safety class for caregivers, teachers, and students (age-appropriate depending on grade) regarding body boundaries, and what to do and how to report when they see something that is not right.
5. Coordinate with the Culver City Department of Parks and Recreation, as well as the Culver City Police Department, on how to respond to an incident of sexual assault involving young children and how to communicate with the community. 

We request that you respond to us in writing by Monday, February 2, 2026 at 12:00 p.m; through a school wide communication, addressing these basic and reasonable steps will be taken to keep our children safe at El Marino, otherwise we will need to look into other options available to us. Our goal is, and always has been, to make sure every child is safe while at school.

Best regards,
El Marino Parents

See notes on 1/27/26 Meeting with Superintendent and a template to email the district: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-4qT-gDikU0uPatkcGOqiwuuM2-sPEEVaWVedWV7WiE/edit?usp=sharing