On Tuesday evening the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, school board expelled a student involved in a “hazing” incident. Earlier the football team had forfeited a game because of the same incident.
A Tamaqua area school district parent named Angela O’Donnell complained about the way the school district handled the issue, accusing the the board of a “coverup.” She said bullying at the school was “getting out of control” She even organized a walk-out of students.
On the other hand, here is what the father of the victim of the hazing incident said at the school board meeting, “I will tell everybody in this room right now, from the time I reported this incident, I had nothing but support and absolute transparency flowing from that school board as to what is occurring.”
The father pleaded with people to “slow down.” He went on, “I trust this borough police department, I trust this school board, I trust these administrators. The lines of communication have been open...people are doing their jobs, and they’re going to make sure this isn’t swept under the rug, and the kids responsible are held accountable.”
Do you realize in this age of Facebook accusations, anger, vitriol, and attempts to gin up rage, how reasonable and responsible that father is?
We really need more of that.
Quotations and information for this post are from Justin Carlucci, Times News (Nov. 17, 2021), pp. 1, 2.
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