Posted on April 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By: Lisa Baiocchi-Mooney
Children and the Law Blog
A recent proposal to amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (HR 1589) would authorize funds to be used for gang prevention and to address the increasingly prevalent issue of bullying. The proposed amendment, by Rep. Linda Sanchez of California, specifically focuses on the negative impact that [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
See Seven Blunts video commentary
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Tags: Bullying, Teachers
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Posted on April 24th, 2009 by heygrrrl
ScienceDaily (Apr. 24, 2009) — In most movies about high school, the student council president, the so-called “band geek” or the kid who stays after school for math club often fall victim to the teasing and bullying of the popular students or “jocks.”
But according to a new study from a Temple University graduate student, those [...]
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Posted on April 22nd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Rachel Kytonen
Isanti County News
MINNESOTA — February 8, 2006 began as a warm, pleasant day. But it ended in a nightmare for one Ham Lake family.
Tom Trosvik came home from school and threw down his backpack on the kitchen floor. He told his older brother Steven he was heading outside to work on a [...]
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Posted on April 20th, 2009 by heygrrrl
ABC News
It all began two years ago in a sixth-grade swimming class, when three boys saw “B.G.” in her bathing suit and teased her about her weight.
Over the next year, according to the 11-year-old girl’s mother, everything spiraled downward as she dropped to 96 pounds — and eventually left her school.
Tags: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Bullying, [...]
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Posted on April 17th, 2009 by heygrrrl
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) — A DeKalb County mother discovers her fifth grade son dead. He used a belt to hang himself from a bedroom closet. The family said the boy was bullied by classmates.
The family of 11-year-old Jaheem Herrera is highly critical of Dunaire Elementary school officials. They said they repeatedly complained about [...]
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Posted on April 17th, 2009 by heygrrrl
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (MyFOX Atlanta) — A DeKalb County mother discovers her fifth grade son dead. He used a belt to hang himself from a bedroom closet. The family said the boy was bullied by classmates.
The family of 11-year-old Jaheem Herrera is highly critical of Dunaire Elementary school officials. They said they repeatedly complained about [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Susan Donaldson James
ABC News
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover was 11— hardly old enough to know his sexuality and yet distraught enough to hang himself last week after school bullies repeatedly called him “gay.”
The Springfield, Mass., football player and Boy Scout was ruthlessly teased, despite his mother’s pleas to the New Leadership Charter School to address the [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Susan Donaldson James
ABC News
Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover was 11— hardly old enough to know his sexuality and yet distraught enough to hang himself last week after school bullies repeatedly called him “gay.”
The Springfield, Mass., football player and Boy Scout was ruthlessly teased, despite his mother’s pleas to the New Leadership Charter School to address the [...]
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Posted on April 8th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By MIKE PLAISANCE
and PATRICK JOHNSON
Staff writers
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Two days after the worst day of her life, when she found her 11-year-old son had committed suicide by hanging himself, Sirdeaner L. Walker said on Wednesday she wants the bullying to stop.
She found Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover hanging by an extension cord on the second [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by heygrrrl
NEW YORK — The parents of an Ohio boy who took his own life two years ago after enduring constant anti-LGBT bullying and harassment are suing Mentor High School in hopes the school will implement an effective and comprehensive anti-bullying program.
According to the lawsuit filed last week in federal court, classmates targeted 17-year-old Eric Mohat [...]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Susan Donaldson James
ABC News
Eric Mohat, 17, was harassed so mercilessly in high school that when one bully said publicly in class, “Why don’t you go home and shoot yourself, no one will miss you,” he did.
Now his parents, William and Janis Mohat of Mentor, Ohio, have filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying that their son [...]
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