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Olympus football players suspended for harassing girl on bus

Certainly these boys crossed the line of appropriate behavior. Nevertheless, can you spell OVERREACTION?

And why is this even newsworthy?

I applaud the school officials for investigating this matter, but it hardly sounds newspaper worthy.
I can't believe that every school disciplinary investigation merits a news article. Not all school disciplinary actions are newsworthy.

Now Police are involved with Criminal activity for a slap on the butt ..... I guess we should start arresting our coaches for slapping the boys on the butt during games for criminal or even inappropriate behavior ...... this is going way too far! Where does it end!

Wow they are just being kids flirting around and stuff. I think the punishment is going a little too far. I mean come on juvinille court? The parent who reported them must be happy with how this turned out. It went from a simple smack on the butt to the police being involved. Wow I hope they feel good.

Come on Amy, don't start reporting stuff like this!! You're too good.

yes this is not news worthy, but if this was your own child being slapped you would not be happy about this. I know if it was my chlid I would be call the police. the parents of these boys should take some kind of action. I would kick their BUTTS.
you guys are sick!

it ends when your young people learn appropriate behaviors. some thing they dont seem to get at home or in church

Man, I would have been arrested how many times in High School? I am not saying that what they did was right; however, are the police really going to look into this? I guess it would all depend on how the girl was participating. If she was telling them to leave her alone and knock it off, then I could see them getting suspended. But if they are just playing and she was messing with them as well, then, this is a little over the top.

Imagine. Kids engaging in inappropriate behavior on a school bus. Who'da ever thought?

Where are your moral values to protect your daughter!!!
I am utterly shocked that you think this is ok.
I'm telling you, this is where it starts by allowing boys to exhibit this kind of behavior.

How would all of you feel if it were your daughter being slapped on the rear? Boys in high school usually have more brawn than brains so this sort of thing doesn't surprise me but that doesn't make it right.

Wow great reporting... This happened a month ago? I'm sure there are better stories to write about than this..... Lets report some news, i guess this might be a good story to get out the day of but a month later???

I heard there was a fight in the lunch room today at Orem Jr. High. Quick send out a news truck.

Thanks to the D-news for calling this to our attention. Let the abusers know that their disgusting actions are an embarassment to themselves, their families, and their teammates.

You're darn right I would be angry if my daughter were slapped. But, because I believe that kids do stupid things more often than we'd like, I wouldn't be reporting this to the police. Parent, would you also sue the boys for battery (it's a tort: unwanted touching). And then maybe the school because they had inadequate supervision.

Don't you think a sitdown talk with the principal, the boys, and their parents, followed by a meeting in which the boys apologized to the girl face to face (including all the kids' parents)and one day of school/one game suspension would convey a sense that this is serious?

Parent, how do you know that the boys' parents haven't kicked their butts? Are you just assuming that they haven't dealt with it?

And how in the world does this even make it to the newspaper. If Granite District is reporting it, shame on them.

Can You Spell...

You same people who complain about this being an overreaction are the same who would complain if nothing was done about it. This is inappropriate behavior and if you don't let these sophomore clowns know it will not be tolerated, they could push the line further and further in the future.

This is newsworthy because it brings the rules to the attention of parents and teens. It states precisely that these rules are in place and that students breaking them will be punished.

Young women are not toys for immature boys to knock around.

Any kid who tries that with my daughter had better be prepared to pay the price. It is totally and completely unacceptable. No exceptions.

While her articles make her seem like a really nice person, her topic selection leaves a little to be desired.

Vitamin C (I am still wondering on why that was in the sports)
and in general her color commenting on random topics such as this (while maybe inappropriate in a work environment is probably unremarkable in the scheme of high school as long as this is all that happend) is a bit too random for me.

Needless to say, I am not a huge fan.

ya those soph's are way dumb for doing that they should slap their own butts

Not a fan why???? Because she reports things that you may not agree with or care to read. That is what a reporter does it's a job which they take very serious. What makes it ok for anyone to slap anyone on the butt? It all starts somewhere and if you don't catch or take care of the small things they will grow into big problems. Maybe the fact that this article was written or the matter was reported it will make people think things through before doing them. I think it's great that Amy wrote this article no special treatment for these boys or anyone that acts like this.