Students face criminal charges, disciplinary consequences after attempts

WARREN, me. – Educators and school administrators are increasingly confused by students attempting TikTok challenges.

The level of concern of educators from high school is palpable. Not only is an excessive amount of time and resources sucked out of the school day for policing and prevention, but TikTok has become the latest portal for people to plan for so-called challenges that lead young people on the road. lane of crime.

“In October, the challenge for students is to hit a staff member and film him. Another involves touching someone inappropriately on their chest in January. Another is to wreak havoc in the cafeteria, ”said Dr. Robert Livernois, superintendent of the Warren Consolidated School District.

To date, in the Warren Consolidated School District, which has 13,000 students, colleges have been at zero with the challenges of vandalism at play. In its six colleges, at least one incident per day can be identified.

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“Some of our principals have gone so far as to require students to check in and out of the toilet, and then between uses of the toilet, they inspect the toilet to make sure that this particular student has not caused any harm,” said Livernois.

Up to six students face real criminal charges and another 20 face some sort of disciplinary review that includes suspension or expulsion.

“For some reason, school children cannot understand the fact that everything that happens on their cell phones is trackable,” Livernois said.

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