By Kristine Thomas A clearer line needs to be drawn to define what is harassment. Students need to know when the line has been crossed and what consequences they will face for crossing it. That, along with what defines appropriate conduct for a school board member communicating using social media, were the two messages shared by several people who attended […]
By Kristine Thomas It wasn’t what a Silverton mom wanted to hear from her middle school daughter during the first week of school. Julia, who asked her name be changed, said her daughter came home sobbing and told her she didn’t want to go back to school. The reason? She was being bullied. “There is a girl who has bullied […]
Mark Twain Middle School Principal Les Keele doesn’t know how many of his students are being bullied on a daily or weekly basis but he knows it’s happening. “If one student is being bullied, it’s a problem,” Keele said.
