Former students who started petition against Ocean City schools address school board Former Ocean City students who created an online petition, which has more than 3,000 signatures, to initiate an investigation into alleged wrongdoing within the school system spoke before the school board Wednesday hoping for answers. Instead, they said they received more of the same from the board. “I expected more based on the severity of the allegations,” said Briana Thomas, 24, a former Ocean City student who is one of the creators of the petition. Within the petition, which went live a week ago, are dozens of stories from current and former students alleging varying degrees of mistreatment while they ... Continue reading... https://pressofatlanticcity.com/new...cle_d6130000-ab10-58d2-9992-05e7b3f6cf67.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Former students who started petition against Ocean City schools address school board[/google]
Allegations of sexual abuse and bullying at Ocean City High School spark call for investigation, protest Brianna Thomas said she spent more than two months gathering accounts from current and former students of Ocean City High School about some of the worst encounters they experienced in school. There were allegations of bullying, sexual assault, attempted suicide at the high school, along with sexual comments by teachers and guidance counselors and administrators who ignored or mocked students who asked for help. She and other organizers put all of the accounts — more than 50 in total, dating back decades — into a petition that they posted on Change.org in April calling for an investigation of the Ocean ... Continue reading... https://www.nj.com/news/2021/06/all...ool-spark-call-for-investigation-protest.html Find in Internet Archives [google]Allegations of sexual abuse and bullying at Ocean City High School spark call for investigation, protest[/google]
