Commit suicide, she might as well commit suicide. I think i should have known the police would get involved but i didnt think about it until, you know, i got called in or 4 Police Officers standing there, like, bringing me into a conference room, interrogating me about it. I was just, it was one of the scariest things ive ever had to do. Thats when it hit me, oh, my god, were in trouble. Later we heard from a Police Officer little pieces of information that this was actually happened and he had interviewed several kids at the high school who were in jills class jill had known and compared stories and the information about the picture, the picture had gone to boy a, who sent to boy b who sent it to boy c who posted it on the internet. Their reason for coming was possession of child pornography. Im telling this story primarily to get the idea axraus to other parents and kids that they really need to look past just a reputation, but need to look at their character. If any of those boys ha
Teachers were intimidated, they didnt want to be seen to have any empathy because that might reflect on them. Its crazy but thats part of the oppression. When we started to work on the legislation, i tried to channel myself back in the classroom, i taught for a number of years. Were hoping seths law is the first of many. In addition to their reporting you also have to document, we feel like this is the science of it which, you know, sounds a little sterile when you consider the emotional loss, but that you document each incident as it happens so you have a record and you also look at the climate, the culture, and also the perpetrator. We have a second piece of legislation that calls for the restoretive justice element that people were talking about with regard to bullying, not just lgbt kids but in general. There was a sect committee this year of men and boys of color and that committee came out with a number of pieces of legislation all based on alerting to more programs, actually cod
Im telling this story primarily to get the idea axraus to other parents and kids that they really need to look past just a reputation, but need to look at their character. If any of those boys had just pressed delete, we wouldnt be having this conversation. Other parents should be aware that this is happening and its not its all over the world, its not just in our neighborhood. And talk with your children and teens about the subject and get educated on the subject yourself so you can learn how it handle it and really talk to your children about it can be fun, it can be dangerous, these new toys that we have. Wow. All right, id like to introduce the members of our panel today, rob is here, rob, could you come on up, rob neighbor, please join us. Thank you so much for being here. applause . Assembly tom ammiano is here. applause . And our state school chief tom torlichman is here and he is making his way to the podium. Thank you all for being here. Rob, i want to start with you. You are
Children do not pass before their parents. We began to see that the school, the high school in los gatos, led by a very strong, great principled people, brought in an organization to help and after all i should preface in 2009 was a brutal year for los gatos high school, they lost two other students shortly before jill died. The school and principal brought in a Counseling Group called cassie, counseling and support services for youth, embedded counseling. And their job was to change the culture, very much what weve heard today, change the culture to get rid of the stigma of Mental Health and understanding that a lot of these kids feel anxiety and stress, they need someone to talk to. They just dont have the perspective that an adult has. One of the things that struck me was the boys were interviewed, they knew they were in trouble, but i didnt hear them say im sorry, i shouldnt have sent the picture on. The three boys were arrested and they complied with a vuft stis program and part o
Taught for a number of years. Were hoping seths law is the first of many. In addition to their reporting you also have to document, we feel like this is the science of it which, you know, sounds a little sterile when you consider the emotional loss, but that you document each incident as it happens so you have a record and you also look at the climate, the culture, and also the perpetrator. We have a second piece of legislation that calls for the restoretive justice element that people were talking about with regard to bullying, not just lgbt kids but in general. There was a sect committee this year of men and boys of color and that committee came out with a number of pieces of legislation all based on alerting to more programs, actually codifying the issue and also consequences and solutions and particularly with an accent on looking on is suspension automatic, is expulsion automatic. Cyber bullying, another dimension of all this, the new technology, were all catching up, there are tw