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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Between the schools and parents, for the most part these issues ought to be handled by parents.  Schools will get involved when there is an effect in school but it is a tricky line for them to monitor and they really should not be seen as general policing authority for behavior that occurs outside of school.  My sense is that schools often get involved when they shouldn't at the behest of parents who don't want to take the responsibility but schools have a lot to do without trying to monitor social media or playground behavior outside of school.  That said, there are clearly times when it becomes the school's responsibility to intervene, though it really should not be to get people to behave better  or because the parents are unwilling to get involved.    [/quote]

I understand what you are saying and I agree that it is a serious gray area.

We can debate all day about whether it is the within the school's purview to police outside behavior that has an in school impact. I have seen a private school suspend students for an off-campus fight. I did not agree with it but I understood why - the officials were concerned that the fight would spill over into and continue at the school and so they wanted the participants to stay home until cooler heads prevailed.

So...to me...if a school gets involved to try to prevent an issue that could spill over into school (which is always the case in a cyber bullying situation), I am inclined to give the benefit of the doubt.  In this case, if other students are teasing the girl at school because of stuff being said in the chat room, I could understand the school trying to intervene. [/quote]

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