School must be 'held to account' in Phoebe case [Independent.ie]
- Published: 11 April 2010
THE governor of Massachusetts has called for school officials to be "held accountable" over the case of Clare-born Phoebe Prince, as court documents revealed how the 15-year-old pleaded unsuccessfully with her teachers to be allowed go home to escape the bullying campaign against her in the weeks leading up to her suicide.
Addressing the tragic case in an interview on local radio station WTKK FM last Friday, Deval Patrick said that officials at South Hadley High School "should certainly be held accountable, describing it as "outrageous" that more had not been done to protect Ms Prince from her classroom tormentors.
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