Harassment occurred off campus so jurisdiction unclear, officials say
by Chris Kenrick
Palo Alto Online Staff
In a recent incident in which local teens “cyberbullied” a fellow Palo Alto student, school district officials said they helped remove the offending website and notified the parents of “six or eight” perpetrators who are students at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools.
The bullying occurred over the weekend of Feb. 28, when some students created a Facebook “I Hate…” group targeting another student. The Internet group quickly gained up to 100 members and included vicious comments against the student as well as some posts in the student’s defense. School district officials, who learned of the activity over the weekend, helped remove the Facebook group early on Monday, March 2.