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Parent tells Coffee County board her son feared returning to school after bullying; board vows follow-up
Summary
A parent told the Coffee County Board of Education her middle-school son faced ongoing bullying and asked the district to enforce its zero-tolerance policy and increase supervision; board members said they would follow up with campus administrators and review discipline actions.
A parent described emotional, ongoing bullying of her son at Cookney Middle School and told the Coffee County Board of Education on Monday that the student had begged her not to return to school.
The parent, speaking during public comment, said she first learned of the Sept. 19 incident when a teacher called on Sept. 20. “He begged me to allow him to to commit suicide,” the parent said, adding that school staff moved her son out of gym class but left the alleged aggressors in place. She urged…
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