my cousin wrote first paragraph. Near Asheville:

[elleng]

Welcome to North Buncombe High School, Matthew Bent. You practically quoted what I was told when my son was bullied first semester. I am so sorry that your son and you are dealing with this.

YESTERDAY, MY SON WAS BODYSLAMMED 3 TIMES BY A BULLY, THE SAME BULLY THAT HAS BEEN MAKING MY SON'S SCHOOL YEAR A NIGHTMARE, INCLUDING STEALING A NECKLACE I GAVE... MY SON AS A SPECIAL GIFT FOR HIS FIRST YEAR OF LITTLE LEAGUE. LAST NIGHT, I CALLED THE COPS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS, AND WHEN THE COP CAME OVER, HE SAID THE SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER WOULD HANDLE THE CASE. WHEN I GOT A CALL TODAY FROM THE RVMS PSLO, HE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE MY SON VOLUNTARILY WALKED INTO THE AREA THAT THE BULLY WAS, THAT IT WAS MY SON'S FAULT FOR GOING "INTO THE LIONS DEN" AND THERE WAS NOTHING HE WOULD DO ABOUT IT. WHEN I TOLD THE OFFICER THAT THIS BULLY HAD BEEN BULLYING MY SON ALL YEAR, HE SAID HE ONLY TAKES ONE ISSUE AT A TIME AND THE PAST WAS DONE, AND THE NECKLACE WAS THE BULLY'S BECAUSE THE BULLY WAS ABLE TO NAME A STORE WHERE THEY SELL THEM. THE KAUKAUNA AREA SCHOOLS IS PROTECTING BULLIES AND IGNORING THEIR VICTIMS! PLEASE SHARE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT PROTECTING BULLIES AND DOING NOTHING ABOUT THEIR ACTIONS IS WRONG!! MY SON HAS BEEN BULLIED ALL SCHOOL YEAR BY THIS GROUP OF THUGS, AND NOT 1 TEACHER, ADMINISTRATOR, COUNCILLOR OR OFFICER WILL DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT STOP, THEY ONLY OFFER EXCUSES AND BLAME THE VICTIMS!!! PLEASE HELP ME IN THE EFFORT TO STOP BULLYING!!!

[NYC_SKP]

1. I hate bullies.

And their enablers.

What can be done???

[elleng]

2. School system has obligations, PERIOD.

The term in loco parentis, Latin for "in the place of a parent""[1] refers to the legal responsibility of a person or organization to take on some of the functions and responsibilities of a parent. Originally derived from English common law, it is applied in two separate areas of the law.

First, it allows institutions such as colleges and schools to act in the best interests of the students as they see fit, although not allowing what would be considered violations of the students' civil liberties.[1]

[freshwest]

6. Yep, I've seen some hefty law suits won for just that reason...

Bodyslammed?

That's not a safe environment we're paying for. So teach the school a lesson in how much it can cost if they willfully ignore what is happening.

[elleng]

7. I sent my cousin DU advice, and she wrote:

'We stopped short of reporting the situation to the sheriff when we found out the level of good ole boy among the area police. Others have been 'punished' in ways we will not subject our family. The necklace was not my story. The media coverage we are looking into. We first are researching what we want/need from the school. Since under no circumstances will aidan be returning to NBHS, and the cost of sending him to another hs in the county is less than $200. we don't know that the additional stress is worth it. I wouldn't have written about this on fb if the other child's story hadn't shocked me so.'

I feel awful about this, but my cousin and her husband appear to be doing what they can.

Thanks, fresh.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. One word: LAWSUIT n/t

[Mopar151]

4. What sort of laws is the SRO sworn to enforce? n/t

[octoberlib]

5. I wonder who the bullies parents are? Prominent members of the community the police are trying to

protect? This is disgraceful.