Dr. Who
11-28-2017, 07:06 PM
When Sarah Sims' daughter complained she was being bullied in elementary school, the Virginia mother grew concerned.
Sims reached out to administrators at Ocean View Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia, where her daughter is in fourth grade, but she said she got no response. In September, Sims decided to investigate on her own.
She sent her daughter to school with a digital audio recorder in her backpack, hoping to capture audio from the classroom. School officials found out and confiscated the device, which had been in her daughter's desk recording the school day.
Now, Sims, who is herself a student at Virginia's Norfolk State University, is in trouble with law.
Earlier this month, Norfolk police charged Sims with a felony -- intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications -- and with a misdemeanor -- contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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In third grade, her daughter "had been kicked in her stomach and hit with a jump rope on the playground," Sims said, adding that the school didn't notify her then.
"She became very anxious about attending," Sims said. "I removed her from the school because she was refusing to go. She felt like she wasn't protected."
Sims said her daughter tried to remain positive when she faced bullying again this school year.
"I did not want to just side with my child. I wanted to be fair," Sims said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/us/virginia-mother-bullying-arrest/index.html
It certainly seems like this school has something to hide, if they fear what was recorded in that classroom, combined with the fact that they would not respond to the mother when she inquired about her child being bullied.
Sims reached out to administrators at Ocean View Elementary School in Norfolk, Virginia, where her daughter is in fourth grade, but she said she got no response. In September, Sims decided to investigate on her own.
She sent her daughter to school with a digital audio recorder in her backpack, hoping to capture audio from the classroom. School officials found out and confiscated the device, which had been in her daughter's desk recording the school day.
Now, Sims, who is herself a student at Virginia's Norfolk State University, is in trouble with law.
Earlier this month, Norfolk police charged Sims with a felony -- intercepting wire, electronic or oral communications -- and with a misdemeanor -- contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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In third grade, her daughter "had been kicked in her stomach and hit with a jump rope on the playground," Sims said, adding that the school didn't notify her then.
"She became very anxious about attending," Sims said. "I removed her from the school because she was refusing to go. She felt like she wasn't protected."
Sims said her daughter tried to remain positive when she faced bullying again this school year.
"I did not want to just side with my child. I wanted to be fair," Sims said.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/28/us/virginia-mother-bullying-arrest/index.html
It certainly seems like this school has something to hide, if they fear what was recorded in that classroom, combined with the fact that they would not respond to the mother when she inquired about her child being bullied.