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THERE ARE NEW CLAIMS TONIGHT
AFTER AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BOY
KILLS HIMSELF, TWO DAYS AFTER
AN INCIDENT AT HIS SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. CINCINNATI SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT MARY RONAN
TELLS NINE ON YOUR SIDE IT
APPEARS THAT "GABRIEL TAYE"
FAINTED AT CARSON ELEMENTARY
EARLIER THIS YEAR.TAYE'S
FAMILY SAYS HE WAS BULLIED AND
IT LED TO HIS SUICIDE.
RONAN SAYS THE DISTRICT
CHECKED TWO THOUSAND STUDENTS
THIS YEAR FOR DEPRESSION.BUT
MORE WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE.
DONE.<"There's been 13
suicides in the Greater
Cincinnati area since
September. All school
administrators are very
concerned and here's a
community actually working to
toward providing solutions for
our young people.">
people.">IN THE CASE OF
"GABRIEL TAYE" -- STUDENTS WHO
WERE AROUND WHEN VIDEO SHOWS
HIM ON THE GROUND... ARE
GOING TO BE PROVIDED WITH
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SUPERINTENDENT RONAN SAYS THE
KIDS THINK THEY CAUSED TAYE'S
DEATH.
STUDIES SHOW CHILDREN WHO ARE
BULLIED ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY
TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
TONIGHT - 9 ON YOUR SIDE CHIEF
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER CRAIG
CHEATHAM EXAMINES HOW LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESPOND TO
BULLYING, AND THE IMPACT THAT
HAS ON STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
áBONGá
áBONGá7:31:42 "EVERY TIME
I THOUGHT ABOUT IT I WOULD
JUST GET REALLY UPSET. I WOULD
CRY ON MY PILLOW AT NIGHT. I
COULDN'T SLEEP. IT WAS JUST
REALLY ROUGH."As a 6th grader,
13-year old Zoe McNeil
threatened to jump off the
roof of her Fairfield school -
at the time, she told her
mother she just wanted to end
the pain caused by bullies.
(SOT)7:30:13 "I WANTED TO
JUST KILL MYSELF."(SOT)
8:8:17:24 "IF ZOE HAD
NEVER MADE THAT COMMENT SHE
WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN BULLIED."
Cynthia Arnold says the
Fairfield School District
provided great support for Zoe
once her daughter reached a
state of crisis, but UNTIL
THEN she says the district WAS
slow to address REPORTED
threats and teasing. (SOT)
(SOT)8:16:18 "I FELT
HELPLESSBECAUSE I COULDN'T
TAKE THE PAIN AWAY. THE PAIN
WAS THERE CONSTANTLY IN HER
FACE EVERYDAY AND NOBODY DID
ANYTHING TO STOP IT."Fairfield
School Superintendent Billy
Smith declined to discuss
Zoe's cases, or the district's
response, but in a statement
said "bullying behavior by any
student/school personnel is
strictly prohibited in our
school district. As a result,
any bullying allegation
brought forward is taken
seriously and investigated."(SOT)
(SOT)11:01:19 "BULLYING
CAN BE TOUGH TO DEFINE.
ACCORDING TO OHIO STATE LAW,
IT INVOLVES PHYSICAL, MENTAL
OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF SOME
KIND IN A WAY THAT MUST BE
PERVASIVE, PERSISTENT OR
SEVERE ENOUGH TO CAUSE MENTAL,
EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL PAIN FOR
SOMEONE. AND THAT BULLYING, IT
HAS TO HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE."
(SOT)9:30:58 THE
DEFINITION OF BULLYING IS ALSO
TROUBLESOME.Cincinnati
attorney Carla Loon Leader
says schools are only
obligated to act on something
that meets the state's
definition of bullying.
(SOT)9:31:14 SO, IF YOUR
CHILD COMES HOME AFTER BEING
BEATEN TO A PULP AT SCHOOL, IF
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME AND
THIS KID WHO DID IT HAD NEVER
DONE ANYTHING TO YOUR CHILD,
THEN THAT'S TECHNICALLY NOT
FALLING UNDER THE DEFINITION
OF BULLYING. THAT SOUNDS HARD
TO BELIEVE. I WOULD AGREE WITH
YOU. BUT, THAT'S THE LAW?
THAT'S THE LAW."In Ohio,
school districts are required
to publish the number of
incidents that meet the
definition of bullying twice a
year on WEBSITES, but the
I-Team found many of those
reports are hard to find, and
in some cases recent reports
weren't posted.(SOT)their
15:25:28 "IT'S AN
IMPORTANT OVERSIGHT THAT WE'RE
EMBARRASSED ABOUT, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME WE CORRECTED IT
WITHIN ABOUT 12 HOURS ONCE IT
WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION
BY CHANNEL 9. The I-Team
showed Superintendent Michael
Brandt that his district -
hadn't published its data on
bullying. He fixed it the next
day, and made other
improvements to make it easier
to file complaints.(SOT)
15:26:26 "WE DON'T TAKE IT
LIGHTLY."The I-Team also found
a wide disparity in the number
of reported bullying by two of
the area's highest rated
school districts. (SOT)
FRESHMEN BASEBALL - IN THE
MASON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT -
ONE WAY STUDENTS TRY TO
ACHIEVE THE DISTRICT'S VISION
OF HOW TO "GROW GREATNESS
TOGETHER." (SOT)...A YEAR
AGO, MANY OF THESE PLAYERS
ATTENDED MASON MIDDLE SCHOOL -
WHERE THERE ARE MORE REPORTED
bullying incidents than any
school in Southwest, Ohio - 82
incidents in just the first
half of this school year -
ADMINISTRATORS VALIDATED 33
that lead to a consequence for
a student. (SOT) NEARBY - THE
Lakota District in Butler
County - with 20 SCHOOLS AND
nearly 10 times as many
students as Mason Middle
School - reported only 3
bullying incidents for the
same period of time.In a
statement - Lakota's Acting
Superintendent Robb Vogelmann
said "We take each and every
report seriously,
investigating the
circumstances and then
implementing an appropriate
course of corrective action."
Mason Middle School's
Principal Tonya McCall was
eager to explain their
approach.(SOT)10:42:23 IF
THEY ARE DEFINING IT AS
BULLYING WE DOCUMENT IT AS
THAT AND THEN WE TAKE OUR TIME
AND INVESTIGATE THAT.Principal
McCall says only 3 of the 82
reported incidents actually
met the state's legal
definition of bullying, but by
investigating every complaint,
she hopes students and parents
realize the school takes their
concerns seriously. (SOT)
(SOT)10:45:28 AND FOR THEM
TO FEEL CONFIDANT THAT WE HAVE
HEARD THEM AND THAT WE
FOLLOWED UP AND THAT THERE'S
GOING TO BE SOME RESOLUTION TO
THE ISSUE.For Zoe, there's a
renewed mission to REPORT
BEHAVIOR THAT SHE BELIEVES
HURTS OTHER STUDENTS - EVEN IF
THE LAW DOESN'T CONSIDER IT
BULLYING.(SOT)7:44:54 "I
FEEL LIKE I NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT SOMEBODY HEARS ME SO
SOMETHING BAD DOESN'T HAPPEN."
(SOT)áBONGá
áBONGá ZOE WILL BE AN 8TH
GRADER IN THE FALL. IN
ADDITION TO NORTHEASTERN-
CLERMONT, THE LEBANON SCHOOL
DISTRICT ALSO UPDATED ITS
WEBSITE FOLLOWING A
CONVERSATION WITH THE I-TEAM.
CRAIG CHEATHAM 9 ON YOUR
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