NORWAY – The investigation into two sexual harassment complaints filed by parents of two current or former Paris Elementary School students last summer have not been resolved, according to officials of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights division.

“Both cases are still under investigation,” David Thomas, department spokesman, said Friday.

In July, the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, confirmed it was investigating claims by a Paris couple that school officials failed to conduct an appropriate investigation into alleged harassment of their second-grade daughter by several second-grade students at the Paris Elementary School. The complaint was accepted for resolution because the allegation falls within the jurisdiction of Title IX, the Education Amendment of 1972, and its implementing regulation, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, according to a letter dated July 13 to the parents of the girl from Office of Civil Rights attorney Donna Russell.

The second complaint, filed in late July that alleges sexual harassment between children, including an unspecified number of second-grade male students at the Paris Elementary School, is also under review by the agency.

SAD 17 is subject to the provisions of Title IX federal law because it receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education.

The investigation is being conducted by officials in the Office of Civil Rights for Region 1, which is based out of Boston and covers New England. The Office for Civil Rights attempts to resolve complaints within six months.

School officials notified second-grade parents in March that they had received several complaints from children and parents about inappropriate behavior among students in one second-grade classroom including use of profane language and “very disgusting topics.” In May, another letter went out from Principal Jane Fahey that the school was investigating continued problem behavior both in the school and on the school bus, including an alleged assault.

School officials later reported to parents that an investigation failed to determine whether an assault had taken place on the school bus but disciplinary action had been taken against several second-grade boys.

Superintendent Mark Eastman has said that steps have been taken districtwide to ensure that existing policies and procedures are being followed and that every precaution is taken to prevent inappropriate behavior among children. The work includes a pilot program, requested by the staff at Paris Elementary School, on child safety.