Cleveland, OH – Lately, Brown on Cleveland wrote an article entitled “Mum or dad of Harvey Rice College in Cleveland Says Son is Bullied Each day: College Leaders Refuse to Assist – Subsequent Cease the Mayor.” The story alleged that the college’s Principal refused to fulfill with the kid’s dad and mom. After calling the workplace of the college’s CEO, Eric Gordon, a number of occasions, and the Metropolis’s Chief of Schooling Officer, Holly Trifiro, we obtained a name from Sarah Johnson, the Mayor’s Chief Communications Officer, who referred us to Roseann Canfora, Ph.D. Media & CEO Transition Help.

The guardian reported that classmates bully her son – nobody would assist her with this difficulty. She stated that the boys chased him and destroyed his coat and that the Principal refused to fulfill together with her to debate this difficulty of bullying.

To assist resolve the matter, Brown on Cleveland led an trade between the Mayor’s Chief of Communication, the Cleveland Public College Board of Schooling, Harvey Rice, State Consultant Darnell Brewer of D-18, and the kid’s guardian. It was found that there had been some communication between the Principal and the guardian, and all concerned are looking for to resolve this difficulty.

Brown on Cleveland is honest. We’re permitting the Cleveland Public College to reply to the article written on March 6, 2023:

“The Cleveland Metropolitan College District disputes data given to NewsBreak, alleging that the Principal of Harvey Rice Elementary College ignored a guardian’s criticism that her son was being bullied day by day, has been bullied for 3 years, and was advised that nobody on the faculty might assist her.

As soon as we got the names of the coed and the guardian that offered the data to the reporter, we might comply with up and decide that no criticism or allegation of bullying was ever filed by the guardian or the coed recognized. As well as, no issues about bullying had been registered in documented conferences with the guardian and scholar in regards to the scholar’s educational and behavioral progress and issues.

For privateness causes, we can’t legally share stories of these conferences between the principal and the guardian as a result of the identification of the coed is understood to the reporter; nonetheless, we’re grateful for the chance to appropriate inaccurate details about the principal’s consideration to this scholar’s wants, and to reaffirm our faculty district’s aggressive anti-bullying insurance policies and interventions when wanted,” wrote Roseann Canfora, Ph.D. Media & CEO Transition Help of Cleveland Public Faculties.

Brown on Cleveland referred the household to the Cuyahoga County Black Girls Fee to assist exchange the coat. This group bought two coats for the household.

We acknowledge State Consultant Darnell Brewer, D-18, for his involvement.

As this difficulty is being addressed, we look ahead to an amicable decision for all events concerned.