From the Nov. 22, 1996 Daily Report Card:
-> *4   NAME CALLING OR HARASSMENT:  JURY RULES IN SOUTH KORTRIGHT   Eve
-> Bruneau, a student who filed suit against South
-> Kortright Central School District for allegedly allowing male
-> students to harass her and other girls, lost her case (news
-> services/WASH POST, 11/22).  A federal jury yesterday rejected
-> her claim, saying that "it was unreasonable to look at adolescent
-> name-calling with adult expectations," writes the paper.
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Remarks:
Does anyone else think this was a step backward? Students (boys) called
the girls names like "dog-faced bitch" and grabbed at their breasts. I
think 11- and 12- year old boys ought to realize that this isn't
appropriate behavior. Why did they grab breasts as opposed to arms and
legs? I think it had something to do with sex in their minds.
Sheila
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