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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mean girls - I thought an elite school who prides itself for emphasizing on leadership, public service, and character cultivation would not produce such graduates. I am so naive and disappointed. By self-selection, more kind girls will be less likely to attend such a school, more mean-spirited girls would flourish there. Hence a vicious cycle.

Let's see how all of this evolve...[/quote]

These things happen at all schools. Some of this is happening at STA lower school. Boys don't tell but I wish they would tell more. Some of this in rising 7th grade in texts and just mean behavior. Purposely telling other boys not to talk to or invite certain boy to things. The perpetrators were all in the same homeroom class this year. They purposely ignore certain boys. Behavior equally as bad as this. [/quote]

Wow! We're in DCPS so this whole thread is pretty exotic to me especially if the texting happened off-campus or outside of school hours. Good for you if you can use the school to pressure the families. That's not an option everywhere.[/quote]

It should be the option. It says in the STA and NCS handbook that you must abide by the honor code on and off campus, which is why some kids get suspended or what not when drinking off of campus, because it still goes against the honor code. All schools should implement these rules regardless whether they happens in or outside of school because it it affects school life during the day. If a student doesn't feel comfortable going to school or feeling left out or whatnot, that affects their studies and how well they do. [/quote]

The difference PP notes is because students have rights vis a vis the government (DCPS/MCPS/FFCS) that they do not have vis a vis a private entity. There is case law on public school cyber conduct and it is still an evolving area.[/quote]

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