A Different Tale Of Bullying

John Frenaye | May 23, 2012

NOTE: To the reader who mailed me an anonymous note regarding faculty bullying of students, can you please contact me via e-mail. Create a gmail or hotmail account if necessary. I need to get more information.

This one is fictional. A 16 year old high school freshman from New York, Jessica Barba, created an anti-bullying video and fake Facebook page as part of a project. The video is powerful. It tells the tale of a fictional girl, Hailey, who is bullied at school and online. She eventually does the unthinkable–she commits suicide.

However, the school determined that it was “disruptive” and suspended the teenager . The school spokesperson would not comment.

Bullying has taken center stage in education today. Unfortunately, too little is being done to control or eliminate it. We have highlighted a local teacher who asked Maryland’s First Lady how to handle administrators who prefer to downgrade incidents . We highlighted an ongoing 4-year bullying problem at Southern Middle and Southern High .

Coming up, we have another story from Annapolis High School, Arundel High School, and a Pasadena Elementary School.

What are your thoughts?

Meet John Frenaye

John Frenaye has written 1975 posts in this blog.

John is the publisher and editor of Eye On Annapolis. As a resident and business owner in Anne Arundel County for more than 15 years, he realized that there was something missing in terms of community news--and Eye On Annapolis was born in late spring 2009. John's background is in the travel industry as a business owner, industry speaker, and travel writer. In terms of blogging and social media, he cut his teeth with MSNBC.com.