HOUSTON — Hector and Itza Ayala sat in a conference room at Houston’s prestigious performing arts high school, clutching a document they hoped would force administrators to investigate their 15-year-old daughter’s claim of a classroom sex assault.
It had been four months since the girl reported being attacked by another student.
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