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THE BULLIES RULE THE
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	Send in your nomination for a school that is unworthy, thus worthy of being recognized because they ignore bullies, bullying and the bullied. In 100 words or less tell us why your school should be awarded for "The BULLIES RULE the School Award." Email brenda (at) jaredstory (dot) com with your nomination.

Nominating - Forsyth Central High School - Forsyth County, GA
They did not care when my child had his drink tampered by athletes. …My son played for the baseball team at the high school. …Several boys on the 2005 Baseball team tampered with my son's Gatorade bottle putting in a substance. We do not know what it was. He was hospitalized and demonstrated signs of hallucinations, blood pressure fluctuations, complete confusion. At one point he lost consciousness... Witnesses came forward from the baseball team and several boys admitted doing this to my son. …This was a pre-planned and done by several athletes to intimidate my son, who wanted nothing more than to play baseball. …The police investigation was DROPPED. Nobody helped us. We had 3 conferences with all the school officials. NOT ONE WAS DOCUMENTED. …I had many conferences with school officials-- including the superintendent and conversations with the Assistant Principal, Principal and Assistant Superintendent of Forsyth Schools. …My child went back to school after his hospitalization and endured further harassment, kids from the doper camp told him to keep his mouth shut or 'he would get it again.' I went to administration again... Their response-- "kids will be kids, don't worry about it". …We are taxpayers in Georgia and we deserve better from our leadership.   Theresa B.
Nominating - Burrowes Elementary School - Lancaster PA
I nominate Burrowes Elemantary because my granddaughter who is nine has been bullied for the past three years and it is escalating into violence. The bullies are not being punished but my granddaughter is. She is the one who has to stay in at recess and gets yelled at if she leaves the teachers side. They even put her in the ISS (in school suspension) room for recess while the bullies are outside playing. She gets punched, locked in closets, pushed into walls and numerous other things. The school does not seem to know how to handle it and at this point we are in fear for my granddaughters life. Bonnie
Nominating - Forsyth Central High School - GA
I nominate Forsyth Central High School because they often do not deal with bullies at all. There was a gun incident, no parent was told about, then they lied about it in the press. A teacher shoots water guns at learning disabled students to address their behavior problems. And they also use time-out isolation rooms for disabled kids. The kids are not the problem - - the administration is.
Nominating - St. Elizabeth Seton Academy - Central Falls RI
My son is in the 6th grade. This year a new principal was hired. Early this year my son, who is a special needs student, was kicked and pushed by one of these new students into a busy street. The principal witnessed the entire event. He gave this child 1 day of in-house suspension. ...That student was recently expelled for hitting a teacher. There have been other incidents where my son was verbally and physically abused but the principal gave me a story on each occasion claiming that my child, who suffers from inattentive hyperactivity, was annoying to the other student, causing the other students to punch, push, trip down flights of stairs, tease and torment him. Punishment was given to my child - he was "involved" in a punching incident ...Yes he stood there and got hit. The last straw was when 4 students were brought to the Principal by a teacher who stated my son was tormented and teased so badly he was crying and shaking. He gave them a essay to write as a punishment. That afternoon they laughed in front of the other students claiming they had the Principal in there back pocket. My child had to hear this boasting from 4 bullies. It had to be heartwrenching for my child to conclude his pain and suffering had only been worth a writing assignment.   I am transferring him as we speak to a better school. ...Sometimes bullies grow to be Principals.     Coryann

Nominating - Saugerties High School - NY
A girl took advantage of our friendship and she and another person broke into my locker and stole my cell phone. When I reported this to the principal they made it seem like I was the one who misplaced the cell phone. The resource officer who has since left, investigated a little but nothing happened. In early December, my mother received a phone call from a girl who found my cell phone and realized it was mine. She told us who the two girls were that stole it. The Ulster County Sheriff's Department was called in to investigate further... ...We decided to see how the school would handle it. Unfortunately, the school refused to do anything about it.   ...Come to find out that one girl's mother worked for the FBI as a secretary and the others worked at the Sheriff's Department, they demanded for the sheriff drop the case or face repercussions. ...Think it ended there? Nope.     ...The biggest bullies at my school in New York State would have to be the administration, principals and superintendent, who laughed in my and my parent's face whenever we reported something. One day Saugerties, Ny will probably be known as the next Columbine.    Tinamarie

Nominating - Jefferson County School District - WV
My son has been the victim of bullying by one particular student since the fourth grade. We notified the school principal at that time and nothing was done. Bullying continued... pushing our son into the wall, calling him names, tripping him, knocking his books and school supplies to the floor. We have injury reports... We met several times with the school principal, teacher, and assistant superintendant. We notified the superintendant and the school board but to no avail. No obvious disciplinary action was taken ...we removed our son from the public schools and sent him to private school. ...The bully has continued to harass and inflict injury... West Virginia has a zero-tolerance policy on bullying, but this school district does not have the guts to take action against bullies. Our son is now in seventh grade and has returned to the public school system. Immediately, the bullying from the same student continued... The school district refuses to take action and the middle school he attends even named this bully as "Student of the Week." ...we are forced to take our case to the state department of education, the attorney general, and/or seek private legal action against the district. Brett

Nominated - The Public Schools of Fairless Hills - PA
Reason - "My son, has Cerebral Palsy, ADHD and heart disease. He has been bitten, scratched, slammed into trash cans or walls, harassed, and was hog tied with a jump rope. After the bullies tied up his legs and feet, they wrapped it around his neck. The school NEVER notified me. I only found out because my son said his neck hurt. The school did nothing. The principal told me it was a "privacy issue" and she could not tell me if and what the disciplinary action was toward the other children involved. She has ignored me and has blown off meetings I have tried to have about all of the bullying. When she was finally confronted face to face, she told me my son started it all."
Nominated - Third Avenue Elementary - PA
Reason - "For 2 years my son was constantly coming home with bruises and telling me that he was getting beat up at school. When I went to the school they would blame it all on my son and accuse him of things that my son would never do, and said they didn't believe my son. However the parents of the bullies confronted me in stores when the saw me and told me that their children were bragging about beating up my son. I told the the school and they still didn't care and that if i didn't like the way things were should put him in another school. He was not only scared of going to school but terrified!! I did however put him in another school, not because Third Ave. elm. wanted me to, but because I felt he would be safe. I must add that he has absolutely no problems what so ever at his new school (State Street Elm)."      Thank you,   Naeco S.
Nominated - Casey County High School - KY
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2256089&page=1
Girls Take School to Court, Saying It Ignored Bullying - Lawsuit Alleges Teachers, Administrators Said There Was Nothing They Could Do, By Durrell Dawson
Nominated - Pleasanton Independent School District - TX
"...As my daughter completes each grade she is discriminated by: staff, faculty, students, because of race. I have filed numerous complaints with the Superintendent, Coaches, Instructors, Principals, and Assistant Principals. On a daily basis my daughter is told by students in front of other students and teachers to get out you "nigger" you don't belong in our school (my daughter is bi-racial of both black and Hispanic descent). I am her mother and I am Hispanic. I have written and spoke to both the Atascosa County and the Texas State Rep. They in turn told me that they have no jurisdiction as to stopping the "Bullying" by staff/faculty. ...I refuse to let them stereotype her." Sally G.
Nominated - Pattonville Heights Middle School - MO
Reason- "For my entire middle school run I was attending this school. I was constantly physically harrassed, and verbally teased in my last two years there. Kids could gang up on each other, sometimes near the teachers, and nobody would intervene. Violent physical bullying was known to happen as well. While a rule supposed to combat bullying here was instigated last year, it was never reinforced. The victims are often blamed for the bullying towards them."      Danielle K.
Nominated - Portland Middle and High schools - OR
"I would like to nominate Portland Middle and High schools for this award (both cause i have been physically touched in both). i am a heavy student and carry some of the wight in my chest. i have been sexually assaulted in both schools through the years and every time we would have meetings they would do what they said they would do for about a week then taper off. it eventually got to the point i couldn't go to school. But the point remains this schools does not seem to care what happens and have an excuse for absolutely everything." Julie
Nominated - Russell Sage JHS 190 Queens - NY
"My son is a little dark skined and has been called a monkey and told that he should not be in the same planet with them (kids). My child tried talking with the school social worker about how some kids in his class kept calling him fat, dirty and ugly. ...When my child complained, ...the school counseler informed me that my son seems to have emotional problems. ...This made my son depressed. I even took him to another counselor outside school. When she evaluated him she informed me that he was very hurt about how the children treated him. When I spoke with the Principal she told me that he had to deal with it and move on. A few days later my son gets into a fight and he was given a black eye. Now my son is suspended for 16 days and the other child got detention. ...This is called "Zero Tolerance" - the school tolerates at it's own discretion..." Agatha F.
Nominated - Promenade Elementary School, Corona, CA
"...The school refused to take any action against the bully of my 10 year old twins. My twins are medically disabled with a rare brain disorder and over the past year and a half they have been bullied both physically and verbally. The twins, and I, have consistently reported the bully's actions, IN WRITING, and in person but the school has done nothing except to say "they won't do it again" and take recess away from all of the kids (twins included) because they claimed that my twins had some responsibility for it. ...One of the twins (who had 4 brain surgeries) is now in private school."
Denise K.
Nominated - St. Marys Area School District, St Marys (Middle School) - PA
Reason - "My daughter is in Learning Support and the incidents started when she was in 7th grade. We didn't even know she was being bullied but I had seen signs that there could be something seriously wrong. ...The bully was spreading gossip and calling her names and said daily would remind her that she had no friends (not true). The taunting caused her to hate school, her family and worse of all herself. ...I wanted them to remove this girl from my daughter's classes.   They told me that they couldn't and wouldn't. They would remove my daughter and put her into classes for children under her abilities. I explained that I felt that my daughter was the one being punished. They said that situations like these will help her grow and she will be better in the long run for being bullied. I was outraged. ...Pennsylvaina needs to do something or we will lose our youth!"      Michele