Did Holton-Arms School actually ask that people not talk to the media?

That's a quote from this article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pride-and-anguish-for-those-connected-to-prep-schools-this-was-personal/2018/09/27/b58a8294-c260-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.7f0b1be4dcd1

I'd like to know what the administrations of the all-girls' schools were telling the girls who were being mistreated by the boys that made the girls think that it was their fault and that they should be ashamed of behavior that victimized them.