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Parent urges Parkway board to deliver action plan after student suicide and ongoing bullying
Summary
At the May 14 Parkway School District board meeting a parent described ongoing bullying affecting her family after a recent student suicide and asked the district for a written action plan and other supports; a family member pressed the board to ‘save Skyler.’
Jessica Bogan, a Parkway parent, told the Board of Education on May 14 that her family has faced repeated bullying and that the district’s responses so far have not stopped further harm. “I did lose one of my children to suicide because of the bullying,” Bogan said during public comment, and she described a second child who has since been assaulted and is too afraid to attend school.
Bogan’s sister, Dr. Robin Drake, spoke after her and implored district leaders to provide immediate help and a concrete plan. “You all have to help us. This is tragic,” Drake said. She asked the…
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