LGBTQ Keyser High student talks about bullying; superintendent releases statement

KEYSER - Keyser High School senior Olivia Nightingale is currently on ten days out-of-school suspension for an early-morning fight in the school which she admits she started.

In the subsequent days that she’s been out of school, she was forced to miss Homecoming and other senior-year activities…chances to make memories that she will never get back.

More important than that, however, she says she has spent much of her time over the past two weeks worrying about the safety of her friends who are still in school.

The fight, she says, was fueled by an ongoing bullying problem between the school’s LGBTQ+ community and a group of students who do not believe in their lifestyle. The final spark that lit the fire on the morning of Oct. 1 was the controversy that has surfaced over transgender students and the use of school restrooms.

Read more: https://www.newstribune.info/story/news/2021/10/17/lgbtq-keyser-high-student-talks-bullying-superintendent-releases-statement/8502270002/
(Mineral Daily News-Tribune)