Behind the Bullying: Serious Problem or Much Ado About Nothing?
A videotaped fight at Thomas Jefferson Middle School raises flags for some parents, but is there really something to worry about?
As a first-grader in the Port Washington-Saukville School District, Jenny did not want to go to school. The drive to school would sometimes end with Jenny locking the doors to the car — with herself inside and her mother on the outside — as an attempt to avoid heading to classes for the day. When Jenny — not her real name — was finally out of the car, the screaming and crying did not stop as her mom said goodbye and sent her to school for the day. Jenny was the victim of a bully. In an early incident that school year, the bully cornered Jenny in the bathroom and threw her against the sink, leaving her with bruises. When Jenny’s mom approached the school principal, she said he blew her off. Several times. “The problems kept continuing — and…
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Patricia Layton
9:49 am on Wednesday, April 18, 2012
My child is bullied in the Port Washington School District. Because it is not physical, I suppose, is why emails to the vice principal, the principal and the superintendent went UNANSWERED. When you tell your child to report it to the teachers when it occurs, does it? No. The child knows tattling makes it worse because the school is LAX in discipline. ONE TEACHER keeps us at Thomas Jefferson … more ›