Bullying...
Bullying is going to happen regardless of whether they are members of club or not. Do you not think that the band students are excluded from bulllying because the "club" status protects them? How about members of the chess club? Who's to say the gay students aren't bullying others?
I will say it. My friend's daughter went to that school. In 8th grade she was persuaded by a group of lesbian students to date another girl. My friend's daughter wasn't poplular, wasn't involved in any clubs, she was just an average student. When her mother found out she told her mom she really didn't want to date the other girl, but people thought she was "cool" for doing it and it made her feel "popular" for once in her life. Her daughter has since graduated high school, and she'll be the first to tell you that was the worst experience in her whole life and she regrets it 100%. She says she never had feelings for that girl, but she was too "weak" to say no. So tell me, will this "alliance" be there to promote and persuade? How may students will join this alliance thinking it will prevent them from being bullied?
Regarding bullying....Give the power back to the schools to discipline the students. This has been the biggest issue I have seen while raising two children in the Lake County School System.
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