It is hard, but how can a school avoid getting involved? If the safe haven of
school was where this student turned for help, it's sad that she was overturned by
a judge who really didn't want to deal with this controversial issue. What if this
girl committed suicide? Then where would the blame go. I'm sure something like, she
asked her principal for help and unfortunately the court overturned it. Yes, this
bullying often times leads to suicide as the article below shows.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3882520&page=1
BTW Bob, I like your quotes.
Mary Beth Roche, MIS
Library Director
Allied Medical & Technical Institute
517 Ash Street
Scranton, PA 18509
570-558-1818 Ext. 1927
Fax 570-342-4537
MRoche@edaff.com
The approach of Christmas brings harassment and dread to many excellent people.
They have to buy a cart-load of presents, and they never know what to buy to hit
the various tastes; they put in three weeks of hard and anxious work, and when
Christmas morning comes they are so dissatisfied with the result, and so
disappointed that they want to sit down and cry. Then they give thanks that
Christmas comes but once a year.
-Mark Twain
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Koreis
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 6:23 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: bad cyberbullying decision
Heinous as it is, unless the activity occured using district resources and
during the school day I don't see where an administrator has the legal
authority to take punitive action against the participants.
Yes, serious action does need to take place to stop the bullying, but how
could the court's decision have been any different?
Bob Koreis
Librarian
Hockinson School District
bob.koreis@hock.k12.wa.us
"When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I
can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy
itself." Isaac Asimov (from his autobiography, I Asimov)
And so the moment we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold
into a library, we've changed their lives forever, and for the better. This
is an enormous force for good. Barack Obama, President of the United States
of America
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