A middle school boy gained national media attention after his mother posted a video of him in tears from being bullied—now the principal is speaking out.
Days later the principal of the school, Greg Clay, painted a different picture of the incident.
But the mother’s original Facebook post paints a different picture to the principal.
Kimberly wrote that she had to pick up her son from school earlier on Friday because he was too scared to go to lunch.
The middle school is planning to hold an assembly today on Monday, Dec. 11 in order to address the topic of bullying. Clay said that another anti-bullying talk has also been planned for January next year.He told the Knoxville News Sentinel that it was planned “even before this came out,” in reference to the boy’s video.
The principal said that his school is not the only one where bullying is a problem.
“We’re having a good school year,” Clay told the Knoxville News Sentinel. “I’m sorry it’s like this. We all sympathize with Keaton and we’re doing everything we can to make sure it never happens again. Everybody saw the video and it was horrible. We don’t want anyone to feel like that. Keaton’s a good kid. We’ll take care of him.”
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