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Parents and residents urge action after alleged long-running bullying, call for superintendent’s resignation
Summary
Multiple members of the public told the Falmouth School Committee on Jan. 14 that repeated bullying incidents were mishandled, described failures to document and investigate incidents, and called for the superintendent and a principal to be removed; speakers cited state law and federal student-privacy rules.
Parents and other residents told the Falmouth School Committee on Jan. 14 that their children faced ongoing bullying that district staff and leaders failed to document or address, and several speakers called for the immediate resignation of Superintendent Lori Dewar and removal of a school principal.
Those speaking at the committee’s public-comment period described repeated incidents at elementary schools they said persisted for months without formal reports, prompt parent notification or consistent discipline. “For five months he was brutally bullied,” parent Autumn Rotler said about her 7-year-old son’s experience at East Falmouth (East) Elementary. Rotler said a requested bullying-report form was not completed, that a school resource…
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