""They are young kids and they don't always do the right things, but yes, there were kids who knew. I don't know how many kids knew, based on the report we got. It was common knowledge among some students. I'm not sure it was common knowledge among all, but it certainly was known to many students," Superintendent Sayer said.
There is "a great deal of similarity" between the investigations forged by the district attorney and the school's principal, according to Sayer. He said that the same group of students and specific incidents are referenced in both reports.
Sayer admitted that, not having seen the entire district attorney's report, some information may not be included in the principal's investigation, of no fault of his own.
"It is possible that he missed a couple of things, not because of an error -- that they just weren't reported to him," Sayer said. "It's possible that there were staff members that knew things that they should've reported to him, but they didn't. But we don't know of any instances of that."
"If we find out that there were staff members who knew of these abuses that were taking place and failed to report them, we will have to take disciplinary action," Sayer said.
General statements that unnamed staff members witnessed acts of bullying, he said, are not enough to be investigated by his administration. He invited information on specific allegations that could be investigated.
The poor man must be gutted.
Interesting info...and thanks for the link, I'll check it out.
