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South Hadley High School tries to learn from Phoebe Prince's case (IrishCentral)

Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:18:45 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Too late for Phoebe Prince as South Hadley High issues anti-bully school policy (IrishCentral)

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:20:31 PDT

It's too little and too damn late for Phoebe Prince as South Hadley High School has released a draft of a new anti-bullying policyThe Massachusetts school drew up the draft in the wake of the tragic suicide by the 15-year-old Irish studentPhoebe hung herself Jan 14 after what prosecutors described as "relentless" bullying at school READ MORE

Has justice really been done for Phoebe Prince? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:45:29 PDT

The papers are full at the moment of the idea that justice has been done in the matter of Phoebe Prince's suicide Criminal charges have been brought against nine teenagers, including statutory rape, violation of civil rights with bodily injury, harassment and stalkingThe New York Times report stated, "The charges were an unusually sharp legal response to the problem of adolescent bullying, which is increasingly conducted in cyberspace as well as in the schoolyard and has drawn growing concern from parents, educators and lawmakers"But one of the shocking pieces of information to emerge from this tragedy is that school teachers and administrators were indeed aware of the bullying and did little or nothing to prevent it READ MORE