different approaches to colleges and universities, al jazeera has been investigating case in henderson texas, a student said she was raped in a bathroom. more from "america tonight"s lori jane gliha >>> rachel carries a rubic's cub everywhere she goes. it as security blanket helping her in anxious moments. >> i feel better. >> reporter: rachel has been doing this ever since one afternoon at 17, a high school senior, a member of the marching band in the town of henderson texas. inside that building is where you were raped? >> right. >> reporter: a student, a football player and a fellow band member lured her into the band room, where she said he raped her. >> it was strictly forced. almost. >> reporter: rachel's mum said the high school was unprepared to handle the incident. and made mistakes from the moment rachel reported the assault. >> she went to the teacher on the day it happened. there was semen on her shirt, and told him, "i have been raped." he said "go confront your attacker." >> reporter: it wasn't until rachel told another teacher two days later, that the campus handed it over to

afternoon when she was 17, a high school senior, a member of the marching band in the small town of henderson texas. inside that building is where you were raped. >> right. >> reporter: another student, a football player and fellow band member lured her into the band her. >> it was strictly forced. the entire type of immediately after i was raped i went to the bathroom and was scared. >> reporter: rachel's mum said the high school was unprepared and made mistakes from the moment the assault was reported. >> she went to the band teacher on the day it happened. there was semen on her shirt and told them "i have been raped", he said "go confront your attacker." >> reporter: it wasn't until rachel reported the rape to another teacher that school administrators turned the case over to police, two days third. they concluded that the sexual encounter was consensual. the minute someone suggested you had reaction? >> i was pissed. i was shocked. i knew it wasn't consensual. i knew he forced me. this is not something you wanted to do, this is something you tried to stop. it was hard. >> in public high school

. >> rachel has been doing this for four years, in the small town of henderson, texas. >> inside that building that's where you were raped? >> right. >> another student, a football player and a fellow band member, lured her into the band room where she says he raiche raped . >> it was strictly force, almost the whole entire time. immediately after i was raped i went straight to the bathroom. and i was scared. >> i just remember surely feeling like i died. you do, you die right at that point. >> rachel's mom colleen chevalier says her high school was totally unprepared. >> she went to the band teacher on the day it happened. there was semen on her shirt. told him, i have been raped and he said go confront your attacker. >> reporter: it wasn't until rachel reported the rape to another teacher two days later that school administrators turned the case over to police who concluded within 24 hours that rachel's sexual encounter was consensual. >> the minute someone suggested you had consensual sex on campus -- >> i was pissed. i knew it wasn't consense yum. i kne --consensual. this wasn't s