School closures haven’t stopped bullies
Take for example this recent recorded incident on a school’s football field where a number of girls brutally gang up on another girl.
The victim’s parents describe the encounter: “She was attacked and humiliated in front of a dozen other kids by three girls...dragged by her hair, punched and kicked repeatedly in the head as well as having urine poured on her. This whole time, she never once tried to fight... she continually tried to walk away.”
Fortunately, two boys helped the victim and ended the torture. The community rallied around and supported the victim and the heroes who defended her. Local police investigated and charged two of the bullies with third-degree #assault.
As for the school district – which has a duty not only to prevent bullying but to investigate such incidents -- to not take immediate action is troubling. Although a city alderman told a local TV station the district would “do what they can to get to the bottom of it,” no one from the district has publicly expressed outrage nor reassured parents it won’t tolerate school bullying.
Sadly, many school districts don’t take responsibility to end bullying. That’s why it often takes a lawsuit to force them to comply with state laws and their own #antibullying policies.