Prince was the new kid in town who has just moved from Ireland. She was harassed at both at school and on the walk back home on a regular basis. She was harassed the day of her death because of what "appears to have been motivated by the group's displeasure with Phoebe's brief dating relationship with a male student that ended six weeks earlier" But this harassment had been going on for nearly 3 months prior to this date. (which included verbally abusive, assaultive behavior and treats of physical harm)
Hampshire ground jury charged:
- 17-year-old Sean Mulveyhill with salutatory rape, violation of civil rights and bodily injury resulting, criminal harassment and disturbance of a school assembly
- 18-year-old Austin Renaud with statutory rape
- 17-year-old Kayla Narey with violation of civil rights wit bodily injury resulting, criminal harassment and disturbance of school assembly
- 3 other girls with violations including civil rights with bodily injury resulting and two were charged with stalking
- 3 other girls named in complaints charged with violation of civil rights with bodily injury resulting, criminal harassment and disturbance of a school assembly, violation of civil rights, criminal harassment and assault by means of dangerous weapon
This story is beyond shocking. This involved teenagers just like us seniors. The part that is most disturbing is the fact that this 3-month campaign of bullying took place mainly on school grounds, where faculty members and administrators failed to prevent it. (students said faculty members had intervened but the school's code of conduct was inconsistently enforced) Fault is equally put on both the students and faculty. This incident could have been prevented, and this just comes to show that bullying and harassment need to be taken seriously. While this kind of behavior is not widely apparent in our high school, everyone needs to take a step back and realize that all those assemblies on respect, and behavior have a purpose.
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The opportunity cost of dating the boy she likes: her life and dignity.
I'm not really going to dive into the details, but is a person who I think finds himself in a similar position at this school, and I'm not just talking about myself. He seems to be holding up just fine for now though.
this is a really horrible story. i hope aragon has better policies to prevent bullying and things like this from happening.obviously its impossible to stop all bullying but when the administration is aware of it, they should try to help out the situation.
This is a really sad story. I've heard many news storys on high school teens who commit suicide because of bullying. I believe that the person being bullied will eventually feel overwhelmed and weak and would want to end his or her life because of frustration and low self esteem. It is important for these innocent people to receive help and tell others.
I don't know if her relationship with the other male student actually caused the bullying to start, but it definitely caused the bullying to worsen. I am also surprised that the faculty did nothing to stop the bullying from happening. Maybe they just thought that the teenagers were being teenagers and just joking with the girl. Nevertheless, this is just a very sad story.
-Henry Zhang
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