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| Family Seeks Change in Law to Protect Students |
| By jjie.org - Kristen Doerschner |
| Published: 10/04/2013 |
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The government has a duty to protect prisoners from harm. It also has a duty to protect people who have been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment. Yet that same duty doesn’t apply to the government when it comes to protecting students in school, according to case law. But a local family, with the help of their attorney, hopes the U.S. Supreme Court will change that. The Background In January 2008, a female student at Blackhawk High School began threatening and assaulting twins Brittany and Emily Morrow. For parents Brad and Diedre Morrow of White Township, the situation was surprising and scary. The couple had two older sons who went through Blackhawk without any problems, and their girls were honor roll students who had never been in trouble. The girl posted on MySpace that she was going to kill Brittany and told Emily the same thing. Two days later, the student attacked Brittany in the lunchroom. A series of assaults, racial slurs and name-calling followed for the duration of the school year and into the following school year, according to an appeal filed by attorney Al Torrence. After one assault — for which Brittany had to seek medical attention — she, too, was suspended for three days, along with the aggressor, as part of the district’s “Zero Tolerance Policy” because Brittany tried to push the girl off her, Diedre said. Principal Barry Balaski told the Morrows he could not protect their daughters all of the time. Read More. |
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