PHILIPPI – A former student says the Barbour County Board of Education failed to adequately protect him when another student brought a gun to school and threatened a class full of students.
Mason Bruce Campbell filed his complaint in Barbour Circuit Court against the school board, Traeton Long and his parents Vanessa L. and Christopher G. Long.
According to the complaint, Campbell was a freshman at Philip Barbour High School in Philippi during the 2015-16 school year. Traeton Long also was a PBHS freshman, and Campbell says Long had an “extensive history of violent, disruptive and anti-social behavior in school.”
Campbell also says Long placed a great deal of importance on his relationship with his girlfriend, saying he was extremely jealous and took actions to control her movements, decision-making and relationships.