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Parents tell Goshen school board bullying reports have been dismissed; board agrees to research independent investigator
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Multiple parents told the Goshen Board of Education on April 7 that bullying complaints at Goshen Middle School and Goshen High School have been dismissed and have harmed students’ mental health.
Multiple parents told the Goshen Board of Education on April 7 that bullying complaints at Goshen Middle School and Goshen High School have been repeatedly dismissed and have harmed students’ mental health.
At the meeting’s public participation portion Amanda Ellington said her child has experienced bullying and that the district’s internal “bullying assessment flowchart” contradicts state policy and allows incidents to be classified as “less than bullying.” “This is deliberate indifference to the victims of bullying here at Goshen,” Ellington told the board.
Katie Nussbaum read a letter from a mother saying her sixth‑grade son developed anxiety and panic attacks after repeated harassment and that a request for a…
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