QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A student at Queensbury High School was bullied at school without her knowledge until a picture made the rounds at school.
Bullying is an issue that many students face, and it can have traumatic impacts on those bullied. With the advances in technology on smartphones, people are finding more ways to bully others.
“She’s very weight conscious,” Jackie Winters said through tears. “She is so upset.”
So upset, that her daughter didn’t go to school on Friday after another student took a picture of her in the hallway. The picture was then snapchatted for the entire school to see.
The caption contained negative, inappropriate language. 8News sister station NEWS10 ABC censored half of the image.
A picture taken within the snapchat app disappears within ten seconds, but it can be sent to as many people as you have on your friends list. Except in the case of Winters’s daughter, someone took a screen shot and saved the image.
“Regardless of where it happens, any form is unacceptable,” Principal Damian Switzer said.
Switzer said he’s required to investigate any and all bullying cases on and off campus. He said that starts with interviewing students and reviewing evidence.
“That particular picture I didn’t see that until the student’s mom posted it,” he said.
Switzer said the school resolved the issue on Friday and are holding the student who shared the picture accountable through disciplinary action and more.
“Trying to get them to reflect about harm they cause,” he said.
That’s why Winters posted the picture to Facebook to show other parents what some students have to silently endure in the hallways.
The school said it plans to follow up with parents Friday afternoon. Both Winters and Principal Switzer agree that not enough people speak up or say anything about bullying.
