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Friday, January 15, 2010

Local News | Cyberbullying leads to suspension of 28 middle-schoolers at McClure | Seattle Times Newspaper


Local News | Cyberbullying leads to suspension of 28 middle-schoolers at McClure | Seattle Times Newspaper:

"Twenty-eight students at McClure Middle School in Seattle have been suspended for allegedly bullying a classmate on the Internet.

School administrators learned Tuesday evening about a Facebook page targeting the victim and investigated Wednesday, said Seattle Public Schools spokeswoman Patti Spencer.

The students were suspended for two to eight days, depending on their alleged level of involvement, Spencer said.

Spencer said there were no threats involved, but if there had been, the district would have contacted Seattle police. She said she didn't know how much, or what exactly, was written about the targeted student."