"Can I answer that there were other children who felt that and who have stated to us that Sammy was picked on and Sammy was hit, and Sammy was pushed. Yes, I can. So, I can say there was some bullying taking place," said Chief Brian Hartman with the Greenfield Police Department.
But in e-mails sent to 13News from the superintendent of Greenfield-Central Schools, Dr. Harold Olin, earlier this month, he denied Sammy was bullied at school.In his initial email he said,"I combed through the entries for the student, and bullying is not a theme that is noted." And when asked for clarification, he sent another email saying,"To clarify...no bullying report was ever submitted by the parents or the student."
He went on to say,"I can only see entries that are made related to discipline. None of those entries detail bullying behavior.""It is a bold face lie and there's no other way around that," said Teusch."He didn't sugar coat anything. He didn't try and make it any other way except we did nothing as parents to try and help him to go to school. We did nothing. They had no idea that this was going on, because we never brought this to them. It's a lie.
Aside from directory information, student records are protected by the Family Educational Rights to Privacy Act . Therefore, we cannot address many of the specific items related to this matter. Greenfield-Central takes all bullying concerns very seriously. We have provided and will continue to provide a safe environment for students in our schools.