A New Canaan High School student accused of attacking a classmate last month was arrested Friday by New Canaan Police. Police charged the 17-year-old boy with third-degree assault and second-degree disorderly conduct. Police did not release his name because of his age. Police said the boy started an argument with another student, also 17, in [...]
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The Aberdeen School District has agreed to pay $135,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former student who was badly bullied. Russell Dickerson III is now 20 years old. Classmates smashed an egg on his head, taunted him over his race and perceived sexual orientation, and set up a malicious MySpace page in his name. [...]
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As reports continue to surface of gay teens taking their own lives — even among those who are trying to help others — we focus on passing laws, pressuring school administrators, challenging teachers and letting kids know that it gets better in the future. All of that is important. But there’s something missing in our [...]
A 15-year-old girl who is one of seven teens charged in the vicious gang beating of a 17-year-old boy in Chicago lured the victim into a snowy alley and shot the sickening video that later went viral on YouTube, police say. “It was planned and it was orchestrated so that victim would go to that [...]
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Beatrice Blocker of South Jackson says her 13-year-old daughter Myesha, got in a fight on the school bus Thursday. Two of the three girls involved in the scuffle, including Myesha, got bruised up. “She was at the school, some children had surrounded her, one asked her did she want to fight? She had walked off, [...]
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Generic, cookie-cutter, anti-bullying curriculums are an ineffective substitute for student-focused engagement strategies, U.S. officials say. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, has issued a report in which bullying in schools is examined and recommendations are made for the best ways schools can provide support to bullying [...]
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Responding to a recent rash of violent incidents involving children in Warren schools, Superintendent Bruce Thomas has assigned a staff member to implement an anti-bullying plan. Kristen Lewis, coordinator of student counseling and family engagement, already has given one presentation at the Willard K-8 School — the scene of two incidents. In late October, an [...]
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After a fight on the playground, four Zanesville students are now suspended from Zane Grey Elementary School for beating up a 4th grade boy. But the mother of the boy said the school handled the situation wrong. 10-year-old Peyton Woosley shows bruises that remain from Wednesday’s fight on the playground. “This is where they threw [...]
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An advocacy group is claiming a second teen beaten inside a local high school was targeted because of homophobia. The incident marks the second time in two weeks central Ohio has seen allegations of teen fights based on prejudice towards gay and lesbian students. Equality Ohio says a Westerville South High School student was assaulted [...]
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School and law enforcement officials still are evaluating evidence in the Oct. 17 beating of a Unioto High School freshman whose mother thinks the attack was tied to his sexual orientation. School and law enforcement officials still are evaluating evidence in the Oct. 17 beating of a Unioto High School freshman whose mother thinks the [...]