Two parents of Uvalde CISD students have contacted the Uvalde Hesperian describing persistent bullying each had dealt and how their efforts to work with school officials failed them.  Uvalde CISD has procedures in place to deal with bullying situations and threats against students but according to Noemi Gallagos the parent of a Morales Middle School student and Janine Turner the parent of a Uvalde High School student who was eventually transferred to Crossroads Academy Campus, the district’s officials continues to fail Gallago’s daughter and had failed Turner’s son.

  Noemi Gallegos: Parent  of a student at Morales Junior High 

 “I’m the mom of a student that goes to Morales Junior High and I’m wanting to see what I had to do to get this bullying nonsense brought out to the light cause I feel like I’m losing it with this school system and their policies that have yet to stop girl from making my daughters life a living hell at school each day.

  My daughter is failing, stressed, full of anxiety each school day and each week I get a call saying that I need to pick her up cause she was in a verbal attack with yet another of the same group of girls.  Like I said before this is a serious thing for me as my daughter has tried to take her life 2x already by overdosing so it might not matter to them cause they do have to put up the broken pieces of a child’s life but I’m not giving up on putting an end to this.

 Please let me know if you can be of any help to try to get this uncovered and out so that other mothers or parents like me can rest easy each day. I’m tired of living each day knowing that today will be yet another day that my daughter will be picked on.

 I’m one that has been through this with my daughter for the past 4 years and has resulted with my daughter trying to take her life 2x within a 2 year span.

2 years at Flores and another 2 at Morales as the girls dragged it on for that long

 She tried to overdose on over the counter meds twice due to feeling like she had no way out or that she had no one to help her overcome what those bullies would do to her on a daily basis.”

It needs to cause Junior High has gotten really bad with this and this thing about treating the victim and accused the same with punishment isn’t making it better.

  I have tried talking to everyone and they say they would do something about it and they don’t.”

Janine Turner- Parent of a student previously at Uvalde High School 

  The following was posted on Twitter by Janine Turner.

  “Three weeks ago, I tweeted about my son being verbally abused and now physically threatened by the cousin of the boy turned in for making a threat to Uvalde High School. @Uvalde_CISD decided they wouldn’t keep my son safe.  They did absolutely nothing to that kid. Basically blamed my Quinton. Quinton has not been back to @Uvalde_CISD since the day he was attacked, that was October 17th. The school refused. (It) refuses to take action against the child. Instead, my son was allowed to move to Crossroads, an alternative school.

   You wonder why no one trusts you and the school system, this is why! My son said he is punished for doing the right thing. He’s absolutely correct.

 The only good thing is that at Crossroads  my son can do as much as he wants and will graduate a year early.”

 Uvalde CISD statement on the district’s position on bullying:

Uvalde CISD has the following statement posted on the district’s website regarding bullying:

“Uvalde CISD takes bullying seriously. Bullying has been the focus of several recent local news reports, and Uvalde CISD wants you to be aware of the district’s stance on this national problem. Uvalde CISDs bullying policy, taken directly from elementary, intermediate, and high school handbooks, is as follows: Bullying will not be tolerated. For purposes of this handbook, bullying is defined as hitting, kicking, teasing, threatening, taunting, assaulting, or any other form of written, verbal, physical or electronic (cyberbullying) harassment toward another student. Should students feel as though they are victims of bullying or believe that other students have experienced bullying, it is imperative that a teacher, counselor, or administrator be notified immediately. All complaints will be promptly investigated and if bullying is substantiated, immediate corrective action will be taken.We want you to know that we are committed to providing our children with a safe environment in which they may grow and learn. More information about the district’s bullying policy can be found at FFI (Local) or at the campus administration office.”