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In reply to the discussion: boy, 12, kills himself after 'he was bullied [View all]Unfortunately, for the boy, his parents didn't give a shit, and as far as I know, nothing was ever brought up at the school. Like I said, he was a kid who didn't really have a chance - parents didn't care, police were very familiar with him by the time he was 12. He was basically just unsupervised from early on.
But I do know that the VP was fair to all the kids, and tried to make a connection and build rapport with all of them. He was just a great administrator to have in a school. He is still in town and everyone still loves him - but having someone like that in the schools is so rare. I can't count the number of times I went to him as a counselor and said, "can you help me with this kid's issue" and he always, always did.
But, as we all know, if a school TRULY has a Zero Tolerance bullying policy - then they would have to intervene and do a lot more work. I get that many of them are underpaid and overworked, but I just don't know why people who don't care or don't like kids go into the field - it's not like they make a ton of money. All of our systems are so messed up sometimes.