I can’t help but lay some responsibility on the parents who didn’t do enough to either stop the bullying themselves or remove the child and school him themselves.
They abdicated their parental authority and left it up to the school.
Sad all the way around.
Agreed. The school, though, is responsible for student safety when the kids are on campus. They’re still off track, in my view. The article indicates the school is responding by providing counseling for students, etc. They SHOULD be focused on a.) identifying the bullies; b.) expelling them; and c.) driving the point home to students that this was the result of bullying. Parents of the bullies are culpable as well, and are likely bullies (cowards) themselves. And this is the state of our society these days. He looked like a good kid to me. This is gut-wrenching stuff to hear about.
“remove the child and school him themselves.
They abdicated their parental authority”
Yes.