by Carrie Moritz, Gazette
Students and staff mainly feel safe and heard at Garretson School District, but there are some areas of concern, according to Superintendent Guy Johnson. On Monday, the Garretson School Board met in regular session, and heard this report along with making a decision on a student expulsion (see separate story above).
The meeting opened with public comment, and a family spoke out about how they were fed up with their student being bullied. Three people spoke up, a grandfather, a family friend, and the mother. They noted the child in question had been bullied for the past four years.
"When he first started coming here, he would have never hurt a fly," the grandfather stated. "Now he's gotten to the point where he's retaliating back and he's getting caught, and he's the one that's getting in trouble, and I'm tired of it. I want something done about it."
"Several times [he's] stating that he's consistently being bullied and when he reports to teachers, nothing happens," said a family friend, who said she was a social worker. "He's at the point where he doesn't want to tell anybody."
Despite not being required to comment on the situation, Garretson School Board President Natasha Mendoza and board member Tana Clark opted to ask some clarifying questions, such as how long this had been occurring, whether he was seeing a counselor, and if the family had brought the issue up to the teachers and school principal first.
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