In re a Grand Jury Investigation

A grand jury are investigating whether a private school failed to comply with its mandatory duty under G. L. c. 119, § 51 A, to report possible child abuse to the Department of Social Services (department).1 2The case turns on whether the school violated § 51A by failing to report to the department allegations of the abuse of children who, when the school became aware of the alleged abuse, were under eighteen years of age.2,3

A grand jury subpoena duces tecum was served on the school *342requesting production of eighty-five listed categories of documents “in any way pertaining to allegations of…