Jaheem Herrera

Bullying Forces One Student Into Homeschooling

From: Georgia Public Broadcasting
Series: Bullying in Georgia Schools
Length: 07:30

: Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. In the final installment of a Southern Education Desk series on school bullying, Chandra Thomas of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has the story of one bullied student who chose to be home-schooled rather than face any more bullying. Read the full description.

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Like so many other families around the country 12-year-old Ali and her mother Annise Mabry are planning out schoolwork for the coming week.But that’s where the similarities end. Instead of preparing to go to a local school, Ali takes classes at home. Instead of a classroom, she logs onto her laptop for her studies. Instead of a teacher, her mother is her instructor. Ali used to attend a middle school near their Conyers home, but this year for 8^th grade, she's relying on the Georgia Cyber Academy for her curriculum.Ali and her mother say her transition out of a traditional school was brought on by excessive bullying from classmates on and off school grounds.

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Piece Description

Like so many other families around the country 12-year-old Ali and her mother Annise Mabry are planning out schoolwork for the coming week.But that’s where the similarities end. Instead of preparing to go to a local school, Ali takes classes at home. Instead of a classroom, she logs onto her laptop for her studies. Instead of a teacher, her mother is her instructor. Ali used to attend a middle school near their Conyers home, but this year for 8^th grade, she's relying on the Georgia Cyber Academy for her curriculum.Ali and her mother say her transition out of a traditional school was brought on by excessive bullying from classmates on and off school grounds.

Transcript

Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. In the final installment of a Southern Education Desk series on school bullying, Chandra Thomas of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has the story of one bullied student who chose to be home-schooled rather than face any more bullying.

[OPENS WITH NATS OF MOM & DAUGHTER DISCUSSING SCHOOL WORK]

Like so many other families around the country 12-year-old Ali and her mother Annise Mabry are planning out schoolwork for the coming week.

[NATS OF MOM TELLING ALI TO GET HER BOOKS]

But that’s where the similarities end. Instead of preparing to go to a local school…Ali takes classes at home. Instead of a classroom, she logs onto her laptop for her studie...
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Public school students and parents are seeing some changes this year in the way their schools handle bullying. That’s because of a law passed by the legislature last year that schools are now starting to put into practice. In the final installment of a Southern Education Desk series on school bullying, Chandra Thomas of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange has the story of one bullied student who chose to be home-schooled rather than face any more bullying.

OUTRO:

For the Southern Education Desk and the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, I’m Chandra Thomas.