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Students, parents urge board action on bullying and school violence after survey and incident reports
Summary
Lincoln Lutke, a former Bell/Phillips Middle School student and Oshkosh resident, told the school board on May 14 that a three‑day, 47‑response survey he and his mother collected documents ongoing bullying and, in several responses, alleged physical attacks and threats that led some students to seek mental‑health help.
Lincoln Lutke, a former Bell/Phillips Middle School student and Oshkosh resident, told the school board on May 14 that a three-day, 47‑response survey he and his mother collected documents ongoing bullying and, in several responses, alleged physical attacks and threats that led some students to seek mental‑health help.
"I myself was a victim of bullying, throughout school ... it was so bad I tried to take my own life," Lutke read from one respondent, and he quoted others saying school staff took "minimum action to none." He asked why, given an approximate district budget of $200,000,000, at least $1,000,000 could not be used to improve student supports and safety.
The account was followed by Laurel Ludke, a parent, who described what she called "daily threats" and repeated fights at Philip…
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