Presented by Alternatives to Violence Project Antelope Valley
Sponsored by Antelope Valley Partners for Health
July 20-24 Monday-Friday
9 am – 1 pm
Eastside High School
Free to high school students. Limit 20 participants.
Snacks provided. Certificate upon completion.
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Contact: Charlene (661) 942-4719 ext. 322
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This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press
Tuesday, June 16, 2009.
By JULIE DRAKE
Valley Press Staff Writer
LITTLEROCK – The mother of a 10-year-old boy and a 9-year-old girl has sued the Keppel Union School District for failing to protect the children from what her lawsuit calls continual bullying.
The suit, filed last month in Los Angeles Superior Court, says five children targeted the siblings with racial slurs, threats and physical assaults starting in August , and Keppel and Pearblossom Elementary School officials failed to stop them when the children and their mother complained.
“None of these kids, whatsoever, were disciplined,” said Valencia attorney Robert Drescher, who is representing the family. “You see these kids doing this stuff and there’s no discipline to these children, so what happens – let’s think about it psychologically – ‘If I can get away with it, let’s take it to the next level.’ ”
In addition to the Keppel Union School District, the suit also names Pearblossom Elementary School principal Lynn Boop, teachers Annette Witterance and Bridgett Turner, acting principal Theresa Gallop, Bart Hoffman, assistant superintendent of instructional services and five children.
Boop referred questions about the lawsuit to the district office.