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Skills that say, this is what you do, when you see a kid for example walking down the hallway, and you see somebody being bullied, you dont address the target, if you say, are you okay, the target has no choice to say, yeah, im fine, you address the person perpetrating it and you are trained to know how to handle it. its a not just the kids in that moment, also the kids all over the hallway that see you. what is absolutely clear to me, if we dont do this, administrators look like theyre incompet...

1978. i would finally open a bible. what kids will do to kids is unbelievable. its not the government is not going to be able to do a thing but school administrators, parents, there really needs to be an education program going on about what in fact bullying or teasing will do. it affected my son when my father was the president of the united states. they used to tease my son that because i was adopt eded i wasn truly the son of the president therefore he should quit telling his friends in fifth...

The next step for us was to ask them what sort of solutions do you have, how can this sort of thing be stopped? mostly students were saying tell somebody. and this seems to be the sort of resounding theme, what theyve been told to do is let a school official know, let a teacher know and hopefully that can start them on the path to correcting the problem. >> we certainly hope these students trust that when they do share this information, that it will be treated well and that it wont cause more pr...

Know. >> the prosecutor in this case says that school administrators, students and others were aware of the bullying and it had been going on for three months. school officials say they were aware of several incidents that occurred within the weeks before she died. but they did not -- they said that they did not have knowledge that the bullying had been going on for months. >> shepard: being careful not to take sides its important to point out one of the things observed over time with bullying i...

Florida. 14-year-old frankie rodriguez got in trouble for wearing a bracelet that says i love boobies, keep abreast. the student says he wore it to support family members to ho dealt with breast cancer he even turned it around so the words werent showing. the school found the bracelet disruptive and a violation of its dress code. >> they just took it sexual and it wasnt anything like that at all. >> when rock region gus refused to hand over the bracelet to administrators he was suspended for wha...

Dan ab rrams. well be talking about that suicide story out of massachusetts. two kids have been expelled. the role of administrators and parents. lets get straight to news. it is a time for a look at todays top story. the republican national committee is insisting chairman michael steele knew nothing of an infamous nightclub visit by a group of young republicans in january. party officials say steele will weather the storm and promise to tighten accounting practices. the rnc has since fired st...

Contracts to drill wells in iraqs giant ra maliyah oil field. it kicks off a huge push by foreign oil companies. boston globe -- anger turns toward staff in bullying case. residents and public officials yesterday angrily accused the school system of neglecting vulnerable students and called on top administrators to resign. this comes amid revelations that staff members at south hadley high school knew that 15-year-old phoebe prince was the target of harassment long before her death. >> and the...

>> two separate cliques, connected to one another. but they -- the thing they have in common is that they were bullying phoebe prince. i interviewed a 14-year-old boy to invited phoebe prince to the winter ca tillan and he described her being subjected to abuse in the halls, things like people calling her names or knocking books out of her hands. he said that he would sit with her at lunch and when she was with him and that his friend, that people left her alone. >> shepard: a lot more investiga...

Nine students are now facing criminal charges in this case. but angry parents say the schools add honors -- administrators and teachers should also be facing some kind of charges and be held accountable as well. we begin today by speaking with mitch grulard, his own daughter goes to the school she was reportedly bullied at, in that same school, and mitch, we are grateful to you. i know this is a difficult situation in your town so i commend you for coming on and speaking to us. good morning, sir...

Officials handle this. about what they knew and whether they should face charges as well. the mother of one of the girls charged is defending her daughter say she never hit the victim, only called her names and accuses of victim of starting it. with us, the reporter to interviewed that mother, laura country maldy. >> thats not easy for anyone to do, blaming a girl who is dead but that sounds like what shes doing. >> i think what shes doing is defending her daughter, saying she comes from a famil...