Gone are the days when pupils could whisper behind teachers’ backs for a giggle and get away with it because of their oblivion…these days technology means that pupils care rude enough to set up a Facebook group to attack the dress sense of their teachers…as one headteacher found out the hard way!
Elizabeth Hitch was so incensed by comments on the social networking site that she threatened dozens of others at Beaumont School, St Albans,? with disciplinary action.
She then fired off letters to parents of students who had participated in the discussions, claiming that the remarks were ‘offensive’ and some were ‘illegal.’
The education authority said that the Facebook site amounted to ‘cyberbullying.’
The drama began after a group of pupils set up a group on Facebook last week which attracted more than 200 members.
It was brought to the attention of Mrs Hitch who immediately suspended the pupils she considered to be the ringleaders.
