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I never thought I would have to ask about cyberbullying, but it turns out my youngest son (almost 16) has become a victim of it. We found out this weekend that some of my son's classmates from his chemistry class have set up a malicious, insulting profile of my son on myspace.com. Our older son (age 24), a soon-to-be network engineer, found out about the profile by doing a search under our younger son's name and city/state. It turns out our older son has been monitoring myspace in order to protect his younger female cousins (ages 16 and 14) and little brother from just this type of thing. My youngest son doesn't like myspace.com, and so never goes to the site. Needless to say, however, he was EXTREMELY upset and angry to find out about the profile. Anyway, we have written the principal of my son's high school (return receipt letter), detailing our complaint and providing a link to the actual profile. We tried e-mailing, but it bounced. We have not yet contacted myspace.com, believing the principal should see the profile first. My question: What is the policy of your school if it becomes evident that students of the school are using myspace.com (or other internet source) to bully / insult / demean another student, even if it was not done on school comptuers? Frankly, my husband and I would like to see the students involved punished... My husband reminded the principal of "Protection and Safeguards," section of the "Parent/Guardian and Student Handbook and Notice of Rights and Responsibilities, 2005 - 2006", that basically states that any students who violate the tolerance policies will be subject to appropriate discipline. Elizabeth Hart Library Technical Assistant California School for the Blind Fremont, CA 94536 ehart@csb-cde.ca.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------