this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
602 points (98.1% liked)

News

23287 readers
5071 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Adriana Kuch, 14, was attacked by other students in the hallway of her high school last year. She later died by suicide after video of the assault was posted online.

The family of a New Jersey teenager who died by suicide after video of her being assaulted at her high school was posted online is suing the Board of Education and school officials, their attorneys said Monday.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Adriana Kuch's family against the Central Regional Board of Education and others, alleges that officials were aware of “a culture of violence at Central Regional High School” and failed to protect her, the lawyers said.

Adriana took her own life after she was attacked by at least one other student in her high school last year and after video of the attack was posted online.

The assault and the video “led to her public humiliation and ultimate suicide,” the family lawyers said in a statement.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 146 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Even if any of that was true, how could they be allowed to share a students personal details like so?

[–] Duamerthrax 19 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Schools are run by sociopaths.

[–] deweydecibel 46 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

We're really just going to lay a blanket statement down like this? Every single one, everywhere, run by sociopaths? No room for nuance here at all?

Reminder that schools are often run by former teachers. You know, those severally underpaid and overworked people that do one of the hardest and most important jobs there is.

[–] cynar 26 points 9 months ago

Bad schools tend to burn teachers and administrators out. The only ones who don't are either hyper dedicated , or sociopathic. This concentrates them into problematic schools. The sociopathic ones also tend to get the most headlines, so we hear about them a lot more.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like how Abbott Elementary actually shows this aspect, but it handles the problem too lightly, but the principal is basically the villain of the show.

[–] Duamerthrax 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My friend was a teacher for a bit. He ended up leaving for multiple reasons, but one stand out story was when he stuck up for a student that needed to carry an epipen, but the school wouldn't let them per their Zero Tolerance policy. The Gym Teacher turned Principle said he wasn't worried about getting sued if the child was hurt, as he's been sued before.

The superintendent at my high school admitted that I "Fell through the cracks", but refused to do anything about it when I confronted him about my difficulties getting out of the remedial classes. This will be a bit of a brag, but most people assume that I'm some engineering graduate instead of a drop out. This includes state university professors.

[–] DigitalTraveler42 3 points 9 months ago

There's just too many bad administrators and teachers out there, just like in the private sector there's too much bad management, we need to trim the fat and figure out what works and what doesn't while also putting compassionate people in charge of students and people in general.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Schools and students rights are a pretty wild legal topic.

For instance, anything you say to the school administration can be used against you in court without you being read your rights.

This is because the school is legally operating as the parents while the child is there, and parents don't need to read kids their rights.

But, the school is being sued for slander as well, so it could very well be that it was illegal to share that info.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank God it’s not fucked up like that in every country.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Our crazy is spreading. Get out and vote to prevent it from happening in your country.