Students, teachers, and specialists on aggressive behavior filled a State House hearing room yesterday with personal stories about bullying at school and in cyberspace and offered opinions on several antibullying bills under consideration by lawmakers.
A female student who attended Swampscott public schools said a boy taunted her relentlessly at school, to the point where she feared going back. As a result, the girl told about a dozen members of the Joint Committee on Education, her grades and her relationships with other students suffered. She ultimately left the district to attend another school.
A female student who attended Swampscott public schools said a boy taunted her relentlessly at school, to the point where she feared going back. As a result, the girl told about a dozen members of the Joint Committee on Education, her grades and her relationships with other students suffered. She ultimately left the district to attend another school.
“I was pushed out of the town I spent my whole life in,’’ the girl testified. “I found a school that I feel comfortable in, but I wonder if the school had reacted in an appropriate way, would I still be a student in Swampscott schools.’’
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