[Amelia]

"During the recess period, a group of 8-10 kids suddenly surrounded Jacob and grabbed him. He was taken around the corner of the school building out of sight of the patrolling aides, with the taunting and encouragement of other kids. Jacob was then positioned against the wall for what appeared to be a well planned and coordinated assault.”

As a teacher, I'd say that if the playground monitors were "oblivious" to something like this, especially involving this many children, they need to be at the least disciplined, and perhaps fired.

They're either incompetent or complicit, and I'd hate to think that adults were complicit in something of this nature.

[who knows what evil?]

They're either incompetent or complicit, and I'd hate to think that adults were complicit in something of this nature.

Of course they were.

[TexasPatriot8]

I vote for complicit. How do you NOT notice that going on? I mean, what? Is that playground like a couple acres in size that it couldn't be seen or heard at all. Beatings like that aren't quiet, and anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that poor little kid must have been screaming. If he brings a gun to school and shoots the kid that beat him, we'll all see that on the news, but not this beating. Heck no.

[luckystarmom]

My kids went to a new school this past year. The district closed their old school, and we have been in public school h*** since.

I've had to coach my girls how to stay out of trouble.

There have been lots of fights and kids beat up at the school. The school could not find enough people to hire to supervise the kids. I think they had about 8 playground supervisors, and they have nearly 900 kids.

My daughters are not going back to that school. I hate it!!!!!!!! My daughters only finished this year because they got the teacher that one of them had the year before, and she is wonderful.

If anything physical had happened to my daughters, I would have been sueing the district so fast. Of course, I think we're sueing the district anyway. One of my daughters is special needs, and we're going to sue the district to pay for her private education. We've already talked to a lawyer, and we should win!!

[GladesGuru]

Any bets on whether "faculty" were involved in this?

If either a queer kid or a 'Normal" offspring of one of the Queer crowd had been beaten, there would be a swarm of investigations and lawyers, ACLU would be lipping off to every presstitute around, and the old media would be hyperventilating in unison.

But the beaten child was not queer, not was his family.

Hence the sound of silence.

[sport]

Dollars to donuts say that the playground monitors were in on it.