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LIBERTY, Ky., Aug 1, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Five girls have filed suit against a Liberty, Ky., high school, alleging the school's administrators failed to prevent and effectively react to bullying.
The girls claim in their lawsuit that the administration at Casey County High School ignored reports of repeated bullying, ABC News reported Tuesday. The girls are seeking unspecified monetary damaged in the suit.
"It's more than one child, one horrible situation," said Brenda Popplewell, one of the girls' three attorneys. "Every child should be able to go to school and feel safe."
The suit claims the school's principal told the girls and their parents that there was nothing the school could do about the bullying, and he allegedly told one of the girls to "ride it out," ABC said.
Linda Hatter, the superintendent of Casey County schools, is named as a defendant in the suit. Documents filed by the plaintiffs claim Hatter repeatedly told parents she did not know how to combat bullying.
Hatter told ABC she had only received two complaints related to bullying during the entirety of her term.
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