Video reportedly shows teen bullied on grounds of Orange Park High

3 years ago 384

Student says schoolhouse is alert of the incident

ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Video that reportedly shows an Orange Park High School freshman being bullied connected schoolhouse grounds has been circulating its mode astir societal media.

The student, a 14-year-old, told News4Jax she is transgender and that she’s been violently bullied. She said the schoolhouse is alert of the incidental and is dealing with the different student.

A 2nd video is said to amusement the aforesaid pupil being bullied astatine a determination disconnected schoolhouse grounds.

Layne McClellan, an Orange Park High School alumni who graduated successful 2016, sent the videos to News4Jax. She said she has 2 sisters who are successful the aforesaid people arsenic the teen who was bullied.

McClellan identifies arsenic a transgender pistillate and seeing the video deed adjacent to home.

“I tried hard not to cry. I was worried,” McClellan said. “This is that situation they person to beryllium progressive in, like, you know, schools person requirements that we don’t get a prime to go. You should consciousness safe. And that is idiosyncratic who’s being bullied and harassed astatine school.”

McClellan was the president of the gay-straight confederation erstwhile she was successful precocious school. She says the schoolhouse nary longer has that program.

“When I was there, we ne'er had large fights. And it was ne'er truly hatred crimes,” McClellan said.

McClellan said she called the schoolhouse Tuesday to marque definite thing was being done.

“And the woman did look to cognize instantly what I was talking about,” McClellan said.

The pupil successful the video said the schoolhouse is alert of the 1 video that happened connected field and is dealing with that student.

News4Jax spoke with the parent of the teen successful the video. She said she believes the medication volition bash the close thing, and that it has helped her girl successful the past.

A petition for remark from Clay County District Schools was not returned by Tuesday night.

According to FBI data, hatred incidents targeting transgender radical were up from 186 offenses successful 2019 to 232 offenses successful 2020. It recovered that of the hatred crimes reported successful 2020, 20.5% of victims were targeted implicit intersexual orientation.

There are nationalist resources disposable to assistance radical who person been bullied. Stopbullying.gov provides things you tin bash to support yourself and others harmless from bullying. Stompoutbullying.org offers a escaped assistance chat enactment for radical to call.