Spring Branch parents applaud reform
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The new Spring Branch School Superintendent Dr. Scott Muri has laid down new ground rules to protect young female students at district high schools from older students by issuing a letter to all Spring Branch ISD Principals.
School principals will now be required to immediately notify the School Police Department when an adult student 18 or older harasses or bullies a younger student.
Last year, a 19 year old at Memorial High School threatened a freshman girl to send compromising pictures of herself. School police never seized the cell phones involved in the incident. The football student was never disciplined by the football team or school administration.
After going to the media months later, the Harris County District Attorney’s Child Exploitation Unit raided the student’s house. By then, any potential evidence of the criminal conduct was gone. In August, the District Attorney’s Office provided special training to Spring Branch ISD Police about evidence gathering in these cases.
Now Superintendent Muri has reminded Principals the District has zero tolerance for any form or harassment or bullying, instructing principals to be sensitive to the concerns of student victims and student parents.
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