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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Saturday, January 22, 2011 In The News: Texas District Sued After Student Suicide On Campus One of my former districts is in the news. Lewisville ISD is being sued by the parents of a nine-year old boy who hung himself in the bathroom of the nurse's office at Stewart Creek Elementary. Among those being sued by the boy's parents----->the principal and the school nurse. His parents attribute the boy's suicide to a pattern of persistent bullying that was not recognized or acted upon by school personnel. My experience working in LISD for nine years (three as an administrator) was that we administrators, nurses, teachers, and counselors were not only well-trained to address discipline matters such as bullying...but we were very aggressive and thorough about creating a safe, secure learning environment for each child. Granted, there are about 60 campuses in LISD, but what I do know is that anti-social behavior of any type was addressed proactively and rather successfully on all three campuses I served on. We took pride in that. We genuinely cared about our young people. Watch the WFAA.com news story below
The written story and this embedded video may be accessed at WFAA.com here! Posted at 4:13 PM Keywords: In The News , Suicide , Law Suit 2 Comments |