To the Editor:
I would like to applaud the Reston Connection for its coverage of FCPS Superintendent Garza's meeting with concerned parents on Dec. 3 (“County Superintendent Listens to Reston,” Connection, December 10-16, 2014).
One issue raised by several parents, myself included, was the Twitter cyberbullying which took place in November, and was directed at SLHS students. We were shocked at the level of vitriol in the tweets, which included a list of students who should kill themselves.
We have been unsuccessful in our attempts to learn the identity of the person behind the tweets. The tweet mentioned in the article on Dec. 17-23, "got in trouble with the police" is not in reference to the police actually identifying anyone. We are still waiting for someone - the Fairfax County Police, the School, the School Board, or The Commonwealth's Attorney - to move forward in that regard. We believe the tweets are harassment and need to be treated as such. We do not want to punish anyone; rather, it is clear that whoever posted the tweets needs mental health care.
Is it going to take something far worse than hateful tweets for FCPS to wake up and take action? I hope not.
Marguerite Leishman
Reston