Sunday, December 2, 2012
Three plaintiffs were added to a lawsuit against Maine West High School that alleges coaches condoned hazing.
A lawsuit against Maine West High School alleges that students were hazed and bullied, sometimes at the behest of coaches of some athletic teams. A police investigation into a hazing incident this year led to charges against six students. During a “campus run” the boy’s teammates grabbed him, according to the lawsuit, tore off his underwear, held him down so he could not resist, grabbed his testicles and sodomized him with their fingers and other foreign objects. Des Plaines police told the Chicago Sun-Times that they sought felony charges in the case, but Cook County prosecutors disagreed. Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence for the more serious charges and settled on misdemeanors, the Sun-Times reported. Since that initial …
Monday, April 18, 2011
High school students maintain silence for a day to raise awareness of harassment of gay peers.
The halls of high schools across the suburbs were quieter Friday. So were the cafeterias and classrooms. Students at many area schools observed April 15 as the “Day of Silence” to draw attention to the bullying and harassment of students who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. “This is not about do you approve or accept this,” said Mary Rapp, one of two teachers who moderate the Gay-Straight Alliance at Niles West High School in Skokie. “This is about creating safety for all. We want all of our kids to feel safe and welcomed in this school.” To make the point, students who volunteer to participate do not speak in the halls or cafeteria, or in the classroom, unless there is a project or assignment that demands it…
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Maine South invites comic actor with a serious message about his being bullied.
Cary Trivanovich knows the fastest way to lose a teen audience: preach to them. So he spent the first 10 minutes of his presentation to Maine South students goofing off. He did a moonwalk, then pantomimed a slo-mo Wild West gunfight and a party scene that ended with a tete-a-tete under the mistletoe. Only when he had the teens laughing and on his side did then he introduced the serious subject of bullying. That was the message the Hawk Pride team wanted to deliver to students in response to an uptick in bullying incidents at the high school, as well as national awareness of bullying after an 18-year-old committed suicide recently after other students cyber-bullied him. A recent national study found as many as 50 percent of students had…
Saturday, October 30, 2010
All parents with children in district's 207, 62, 63, 64 and private schools are welcome to attend.
Maine South High School will be hosting a parent presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 30 in the auditorium from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. The program is "Everything Parents Don't Know About Cyberbullying and the Digital Age."The speaker is Ms. Sarah Migas, from the Attorney General's Office. She will present information to parents on cyberbullying, sexting and other social networking trends that students are learning and participating in. The presentation is open to all Maine Township High School District 207 parents and parents from Elementary Districts 62, 63 and 64, as well as private schools in the area. Admission is free. Anyone who needs more information may contact Dr. Rose Garlasco, Assistant Principal, at 847-692-8218 or rgarlasco@…
peoplesuck
12:16 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
I can't believe how many people think this is normal behavior. First of all this is rape by obvious homosexuals. I don't know about the other guys here but forcing another guy down and grabbing his testicles and forcing fingers into his anus is not only extremely gay but also rape. How any of you can say that kids today whine too much blows me away. Add to all this is the fact that the coach … more ›