A parent came to us, wed known her personally, the whole family, for a long time. And she told me, she asked i thank her for the courage it took to come forward. She said, i dont know how to tell you this, but i think theres so much going on. She told us her son had come to her and told her there was a picture jill had sent to him in december naked in her body and it had been passed to another boy and then to another boy and put up on the internet. He told me he had these pictures of jill and he was telling everybody that they were on his email account. So everybody went on the email account and they saw and they sent them to themselves just to have them just to, i dont know, just to. We were very surprised when she told us about the picture. We had no idea. Jill was very private, we couldnt understand why she would send Something Like that to a boy that she wasnt a boyfriend, it was just a friend. Our first thought, this isnt true. We first thought this cant be true. Then i thought, i
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 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 g
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 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. Th
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 a los gatos man. How old was jill when this started happening. It started happening when jill was about 14, it started in december, she turned 15 in february and then less than a month later, she passed. I cant even imagine what that was like for you all. You have another daughter so you just couldnt fold so how did you deal with all that . Thats one of the greatest challenges. You know, the devastation that jill went through, the pain, doesnt stop. Families will testify it continues. It hits the community and now we have to continue to pull ourselves up and help our other daughter and the challenges of raising and parenting another child. You know, we cant just pull up in a shell. She has the right to have a childhood. She deserves to go to go to college. She deserves to be happy. We need to teach her and show a
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 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