(NOTE: Since this activity all took place away from school, I’m interested in learning exactly what “action” the Principal could have taken without exceeding the school’s discipline jurisdiction. – Mike) By Staff reports GateHouse News Service Posted Jan 27, 2010 @ 12:47 PM North Andover North Andover Schools Superintendent Christopher Hottel released the following statement [...]
Darrell Bellaart, Daily News Published: Saturday, February 06, 2010 Better enforcement of existing anti-bullying policies is sought by the mother of a 15-year-old high-school student who killed himself after enduring daily bullying in Nanaimo schools. Ashkan Sultani hanged himself on Jan. 12. He left no suicide note, but the Lantzville boy left Dover Bay secondary [...]
Continue reading about School district reviews bullying policy after teenager’s suicide (Canada)
Shockwaves from the death of the Irish teenager who killed herself earlier this month are still rippling through South Hadley, the Massachusetts town where she lived, as the community struggles to come to terms with her death and with what caused it. “It’s tremendously emotionally draining on the family and the whole community right now,” [...]
Continue reading about Anguish about Irish school bullying suicide hits community
(NOTE: This is a shocking example of callous and insensitive political gamesmanship. These two elected representatives want to strip away protections for an identifiable group of students in order to further their own narrow social agenda. Hopefully, the voters in their respective legislative districts will impose corrective action in November! – Mike) By Jason Hancock [...]
Continue reading about GOP lawmakers want to exclude gay students from anti-bullying bill (Iowa)
On 8 February 2010, four workers at Café Vamp, a small restaurant in Melbourne Victoria, were fined a total of $A335,000 for repeatedly bullying, or allowing bullying to occur to, 19-year-old Brodie Panlock. Brodie jumped from a building in September 2006. Her family watched Brodie die from head injuries three days later. They were unaware [...]
Continue reading about OHS and the death of Brodie Panlock from bullying (Australia)
Shannon P. Duffy The Legal Intelligencer February 08, 2010 In a case that could prove to be one of the most important privacy rights battles of the modern era, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument this week on the proper legal standard to apply when prosecutors demand cell phone location data. [...]
Continue reading about 3rd Circuit to Mull Privacy of Cell Phone Data (PA)
(NOTE: While “bullycide” among students in schools is, unfortunately, not uncommon, this may be a rare example of workplace-induced bullycide. The young lady was only 19. This is another reminder that school bullies frequently become workplace bullies! – Mike) Friday, February 05, 2010 » 06:52pm A young waitress who killed herself by jumping off a building was [...]
Continue reading about Bullying led to death of waitress (Australia)
Kids can surely be mean to each other. And for those who identify as gay or lesbian, life can be particularly tough. A new study shows these adolescents get bullied two to three times more than their heterosexual peers. While the researchers aren’t sure why this sexual minority gets bullied more than others or the [...]
Continue reading about Gay, Lesbian Teens Bullied More Than Heterosexuals
Officials in Massachusetts believe there’s been another deadly case of cyber-bullying in the apparent suicide of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince of South Hadley, Mass. Prince moved last year to the area from Ireland. While making the transition to a new town and a new country, Prince, officials believe, became the target of intense cyber-bullying, which may [...]
Continue reading about Officials: Cyber-Bullying Prompted Teen’s Suicide (MA)
(NOTE: You can read the original story here. The article does not suggest that bullying was an issue in the child’s suicide. I suspect that may be clarified during court proceedings. – Mike) Legal News for Illinois Wrongful Death Attorneys. School district sued for wrongful death of 10-year-old that hung himself at school. Illinois wrongful [...]
Recent Comments