Seven homophobic Bartram Trail High School students punished. (First Coast News)

Seven hateful  Bartram Trail High School male student bigots are being punished. 

Were they empowered by parents, KKK, and the public hatred expressed by right-wing anti-trans School Board members, two successive anti-LGBTQIA+ St. Johns County Republican Executive Committee Chairs, WILLIAM KORACH and  ROY ALAIMO, JR. and anti-LGBTQIA+ Pride Proclamation St. Johns County Commission Chair JEFREMIAH RAY BLOCKER, whose wife, Lauren, a corporate lawyer, was named to qa newly creteed County Court judgeship by Governor DeSantis? 

You tell me.

Who raised these seven bigots?

When will County Commission hear the proposed LGBTQIA+ Pride resolution and apologize for its bigoted Chairman's contribution to a hostile working environment?

How will their bigotry affect our County's image, tourism and industrial recruitment? 

Who told these kids it was cool to hate queers?

I am proud of the BTHS kids who had the perspicacity, technology and courage to tape their harassers.  

Cell phone cameras had not yet been invented when I was in high school in rural South Jersey.  

Vive la différence in technology. 

Courage. 

From First Coast News:

'Extremely disappointing and disturbing:' St. Johns County school students seen harassing Gay Straight Alliance members in series of videos

The district says disciplinary actions have already taken place in accordance with the student code of conduct, including Level III and Level IV infractions.

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Author: First Coast News Staff

Published: 4:02 PM EDT September 21, 2021

Updated: 7:42 PM EDT September 21, 2021

 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The St. Augustine Record has obtained several videos that show Bartram Trail High School students yelling homophobic slurs and stomping on Pride flags on campus.

The videos have been shared across social media and reportedly target members of the Gay Straight Alliance at the school.

In the videos, you can see students gathered outside the school. One of the students is seen holding up a Confederate flag sign and heard shouting: "There are only two genders f****" multiple times.  Another nearby student is heard calling to the group that they have a mental illness while laughing.

"Do you hear yourselves?" asked one girl in the group being targeted.

The school district says the incident involves seven students and took place during dismissal this past Friday.

The district says disciplinary actions have already taken place in accordance with the student code of conduct, including Level III and Level IV infractions.

Level III infractions are defined by the district's code of conduct as "major acts of misconduct which the School Board has determined constitute a serious breach of conduct" and may also be subject to criminal proceedings.

Level IV acts of misconduct are the most serious and must be reported to the Office of School Services, according to the code of conduct. Sanctions will "include suspension and may include placement in an alternative school and/or expulsion and may be subject to referral to mental health services." 

A student who commits a Level IV offense may also be subject to criminal proceedings, the code states.

"This behavior is not acceptable and is not indicative of the culture and students at BTHS, " said a representative for the school. "It is extremely disappointing and disturbing that these students handled themselves in this way."

School Administration is working with the youth resource deputy from the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office who is also involved in the investigation.

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