This Monday, female students From high school ESTIC 52 Dr. Jaime Torres Bodet, located in Cuautitlán, State of Mexico, released a video in which the director is heard to ensure that it is the adolescents that cause the bullying on the part of his companions, which caused the outrage of many of them.
“You yourselves provoke these situations,” you hear the principal say to the students after it was reported that students on the campus recorded under the skirt both students and one of the teachers.
Before the response of the director, Omar Soberanis Galeana, students of the squad decided to make this Tuesday a manifestation inside the school, where accompanied by banners they sang “The rapist is you,” feminist hymn of Chilean origin.
For its part, in an information card the Ministry of Education of the State of Mexico reported that as a precautionary measure and to safeguard the integrity of the students, the decision was made to separate the director, Omar Soberanis Galeana, from the position, while the investigations are being carried out. relevant.
He also informed that the Internal Control Body was seen, as well as the intervention and accompaniment of the Regional Subdirectorate to review the academic and administrative conditions of the school.
In addition, the Ministry of Education “analyzes the relevance of the intervention of the Council for School Coexistence (CONVIVE).
Listen to everyone for the dissemination and support of these girls.
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Bullying in high school
In interview for THE UNIVERSAL, the students comment that they decided to make a WhatsApp group and a Facebook page called “Enough Harassment”, and it was from then on that they organized the demonstration, which was mainly supported by students, parents and alumni.
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In their protest the students demanded justice for both the teacher and students who suffered harassment and that those who would have made the recordings as well as to disseminate them were expelled, and also requested the dismissal of the director.
In another of the videos released after the protest of the students, the director insisted that it is they who allow it, because they knew about the dissemination of videos and photographs and did not denounce, however, the students between 12 and 14 years comment to This editorial house has made complaints of harassment before the campus principal, but they have not had a satisfactory answer, because they explain that for him the public apology of the students involved is sufficient.
The mother of a student, who prefers to remain anonymous, points out that both mothers and fathers of organized students support her demand, since it has not been the only complaint of harassment that has been filed.
“Many things have been done to me at that school, and I have not denounced the truth for fear (…) classmates have touched me and once they hit me, I have seen how the packs are passed and they speak in a manner morbid of girls and teachers, ”denounced one of the students.
After several cases of harassment that have come to light, the students of the Jaime Torres Bodet school organize a new demonstration on the campus at 7:00 in the morning, and ask the children who suffer this type of situations that do not have afraid to speak, shout and never be silent again.
With information from Rebeca Jiménez
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