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Schools head defends response to bullying
Boston Globe Staff ^ | April 1, 2010 | Peter Schworm

Posted on 04/01/2010 5:31:33 PM PDT by Ptarmigan

South Hadley schools superintendent Gus Sayer, in his first extensive comments yesterday on the criminal charges brought against nine teenagers, defended school officials’ handling of the bullying that preceded student Phoebe Prince’s suicide.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bully; gussayer; phoebeprince; southhadley
Gus Sayer is doing "damage control". It does not reflect well on the administrators and the school. He just did more damage.
1 posted on 04/01/2010 5:31:34 PM PDT by Ptarmigan
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To: Ptarmigan

Gus Sayer should be facing criminal neglect charges as a minimum!


2 posted on 04/01/2010 5:33:44 PM PDT by J Edgar
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To: Ptarmigan

Yeah, Gus, you and your staff did such a magnificant job of dealing with the bullying of that 15 year old girl - who is dead because she was unable to get any relief from the bullying.


3 posted on 04/01/2010 5:35:28 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Ptarmigan

schools always circle the wagons


4 posted on 04/01/2010 5:35:54 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: SoldierDad

I could just throw up. Just throw up at this.


5 posted on 04/01/2010 5:36:09 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: J Edgar

Amen to that! Throw the books at him too.


6 posted on 04/01/2010 5:39:05 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Remember The Great Ptarmigan/Rabbit War!)
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To: Niuhuru

If you do make sure it’s projectile and in the direction of Gus.


7 posted on 04/01/2010 5:40:15 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Niuhuru

It makes me want to throw up too, the thought of these adults shrugging their shoulders proves that they are disgusting cowards.


8 posted on 04/01/2010 5:40:55 PM PDT by Cathy
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To: Ptarmigan
Hey, if one of those kids chewed their grilled cheese sandwich in the shape of a gun, they would have been bounced out pronto.
9 posted on 04/01/2010 5:41:09 PM PDT by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
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To: SoldierDad

Looks like Gus Sayers and the school administrator are becoming the most hated along with Sean Mulveyhill, Kayla Narey, Austin Renaud, Ashley Longe, Flannery Mullins, and Sharon Chanon Velavquez. They are the most hated people right next to Lori Drew, Fred Phelps, Casey Anthony, and Osama bin Laden.


10 posted on 04/01/2010 5:42:24 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Remember The Great Ptarmigan/Rabbit War!)
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To: Ptarmigan

“No one turned their back on this. I think we did everything we could. If I thought I had done something wrong, I would resign. But I think we did our best.’’”

Resign? From that high paying job, with that big fat pension? No No, you would NEVER resign, a$$hole!!


11 posted on 04/01/2010 5:51:25 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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To: J Edgar

I haven’t thought this one through all the way yet, but my initial impression is that the officials that turned a blind eye should be in as much trouble as the kids involved. They have a duty to protect children, especially when attendance is mandatory.


12 posted on 04/01/2010 5:53:53 PM PDT by Clump (the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: Ptarmigan

I think your list could be expanded by a factor of 10.


13 posted on 04/01/2010 5:55:33 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: Ptarmigan
He is doing the old CYA dance...disgusting!!!!
14 posted on 04/01/2010 6:01:14 PM PDT by GregB (I am a broken glass supporter of Sarah Palin.)
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To: Cathy

It’s just so bewildering. I’ve experienced a lot of verbal and emotional bullying and cruelty, but it’s still bewildering that such things happen in school. All these demons running around, it’s like America is going through some abuse/bullying pandemic.


15 posted on 04/01/2010 7:01:59 PM PDT by Niuhuru (The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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To: Clump

I believe they do have a duty, not only as school officials, but simply as adults in a supervisory capacity with children. This DA is out to lunch - or as has been suggest - totally afraid of the Union.


16 posted on 04/01/2010 7:15:22 PM PDT by J Edgar
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To: SoldierDad

You’re right. I have always wondered who was the mastermind of this.


17 posted on 04/01/2010 8:16:40 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Remember The Great Ptarmigan/Rabbit War!)
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To: Ptarmigan

Not what I meant. You listed a number of “hated” people, many of whom had nothing to do with this incident. You left out a large number of people who, since Jan 20, 2009, have become very hated in this country.


18 posted on 04/01/2010 8:22:20 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Papa of two new Army Brats! Congrats to my Soldier son and his wife.)
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To: SoldierDad

I must of misread it. D’OH!


19 posted on 04/01/2010 8:47:07 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Remember The Great Ptarmigan/Rabbit War!)
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