Myers Park High School

A parent triggered an investigation that led to Myers Park High School having its playoff football season vacated and being forced to pay more than $6,700 in penalties.

A former school resource officer at Charlotte's Myers Park High was the responding officer in reports of sexual assault that led to six arrests, according to court documents. The officer had been accused in a lawsuit of downplaying reports of sexual assault. The school's handling of sexual assault accusations has been a major story in Charlotte over the last year.

Incoming Myers Park High School Principal Robert Folk talks with WFAE's Sarah Delia about how he plans to heal the Myers Park High School community.

Last month, Myers Park High School hosted a packed crowd for the school’s homecoming football game against rival South Mecklenburg High School. South Meck won, 3-0. The two teams were kept separate, but Myers Park players were not separated from South Meck fans. One student was hit by football players after the game, resulting in a broken nose that needed surgery. The family still is hoping for accountability, but instead, believe they've been stonewalled and ridiculed.

Robert Folk has been named principal of Myers Park High, one of North Carolina's largest schools. The previous principal was reassigned after an investigation into handling sexual assault reports from students.

The contract renewal of suspended Myers Park High Principal Mark Bosco is no longer on the agenda for Tuesday's Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting. He was suspended with pay on Friday, and an interim principal has already been named. But a report on Title IX policies and procedures will be discussed.

During a Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting this month, a former Myers Park High School student said she never reported her sexual assault because of the message of discouraging filing reports that she received from the administration. Her assault she said, was like many others and took place in the wooded area surrounding the school.

Education dominated the news this week — despite most schools being on summer break. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Charlotte, and the CMS board held its first in-person meeting since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. That meeting saw a debate over how schools handle racism — and a protest outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center over how allegations of sexual assault were handled at Myers Park High.

At Tuesday night’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting, new principal appointments were approved. So was the renewal of principal contracts. But left off the list was the approval of embattled Myers Park High School principal Mark Bosco. CMS called it an administrative oversight because while Bosco is still employed, he is on leave.

A group of concerned students and parents gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center on Tuesday to protest the handling of allegations of sexual assaults at Myers Park High School.