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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a group of girls was cyber bullying a girl who is going to be a new classmate this coming year? So sad, and also strange. Would think that would violate school honor code or behavior code of conduct. [/quote]

I think what is getting lost here is that nothing is quite so simple as it seems at first glance. For the sake of argument, let's assume the "bullies" in this case were a group of middle school girls on a private group text.  Let's assume the girls in the private group text commented on the photos the victim ("V" for short) posted on her social media and a few of them did make very mean comments (let's assume for argument's sake that V's photos were clearly attention seeking).  However, let's also assume the girls from the private group text never texted V directly and never posted any negative comments on V's social media in any way.  The twist comes when one of the girls from the group text screenshot the texts and sent them to one of V's current classmates.  After that V and her parents were made aware of the comments and demanded the school punish all the girls who were involved in the private group text regardless of whether they commented or not.  So were the girls really bullying V when they never contacted V directly and were talking on a private group text?  Or were they just gossiping like typical teens (which was mean, but not atypical)?  The only difference from when we were teens is that their gossip was in texts that could be screenshot versus talk that could just be conveyed verbally.  I'm sure the parents of the girls in the group text are not happy with their daughters' mean comments, but it seems understandable that they would not consider this bullying since the girls never intended for V to know they were talking about her and certainly never reached out to V directly with mean comments or threats.  Even so, the school is taking action to punish these girls, which the girls' parents do not think is fair in this case.  Now the girl who screenshot and sent the texts to V's current classmate ... I think she could legitimately be called a bully for doing that.[/quote]

So is this what happened?  Or shall we just assume it?  Why be coy at this point?[/quote]

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