A senior at Heritage High School in Vancouver is being barred from walking at graduation after he spoke out about claims of bullying and sexual assault at the school.
Discipline? For what? There was no profanity in the speech. He just stated his opinion, in a speech he was authorized to give. He did not violate any school board policy.
"this school supports bullying and defending bullies...." School proceeds to pull him into a secluded room, surround him, and use his right to walk at graduation and other punishments to extort a redaction of his speech from him. School: "No bullying or condoning it to be seen here people, move along"
This is the problem. So many schools put up a facade and show to the public that their environment is “safe” and “student-friendly” when in reality so much more is happening behind the scenes. It’s pathetic, really. I’m in 10th grade now and these things have really happened to me. Yet my school decides that they don’t want to take the initiative and do something about it.
schools don’t CARE. they just wanna make sure they report to your parents so the responsibility is off of them. my entire hs admin team knew i was assaulted. they did nothing but suggest EYE, ME THE VICTIM, leave school
He killed it! This guy deserves a medal I give him props to his speach every word he said was real. I hate the school system teachers and staff like to cover shit up and like to act dumb as if they never noticed or knew shit was going.
I graduated in 1966 and even back then the school swept everything unflattering under the table. Not doing the walk is the only thing they could come up with. He can now bring in an attorney to speak with the school board and talk about restitutions!
Stay strong young man. You have a bright future. High school is a blur. A phase. It'll pass. What you did by speaking out and taking a stand, know that it'll change lives.
I don't plan on going to my graduation. I have been to so many being in band. You basically just listen to what the school wants people to say, and nothing that actually happened in the school year. During 10th grade, a senior was injured from other students. The senior got in trouble for defending himself against them. A teacher was found to be sexually harassing the girls in his gym class. He wasn't fired for 4 years. A teacher failed every boy in their class just for existing, and gave every girl a passing grade despite not doing any work. A student had their entire backpack worth of stuff stolen. The teachers randomly searched every student's lockers. And my sister got her inhaler confiscated at some point because they thought it was drugs. I was assaulted during lunch, and reprimanded until cops sided with me as the victim. A student nearly killed someone and was just scolded. A bathroom was destroyed by a student, and was only given a 2 day suspension for it. The teachers treat you like you will amount to nothing, and only help you if you are an a or b student. Not even helping the students who are actually struggling. Why should i walk my graduation, when the school has done nothing but cause me problems and has proven to give up on anyone who needs help?
It's just that many people are intimidated by the system, and they don't want to fix it because they think they'll get in big trouble. I can personally say, the system doesn't intimidate me, and I'm assuming you guys aren't intimidated by it either.
I went to Mountain View HS in the same town. Even back in 2009, Heritage was famous for how bad the bullying was and how school officials didn’t care. It’s sad no progress has been made.
This school needs to be investigated. Oh scary can't walk at Graduation.I would expect that he received his diploma before that then. School closes there eyes to the negativity all the time. School leaders need to step up and do their jobs they are hired for or get out.
Bravo young man for speaking for those who have been ignored. The District responded with their own Bullying tactics by threats of with holding something he earned. His speech has nothing to do with his school classroom performance that earned him that Diploma.. it shows you that do not forget ADULTS MAKE THE BEST BULLIES, THEN THEY PASS IT ON... YOUNG MAN KEEP GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ONE OR WON'T BE HEARD.....
I was tortured by a female principle from my high school when she accepted me to live in her home with her husband "Athletic Director" and two kids. Rio Grande City, TX 🇺🇸 She was also a member of the Catholic church... Getting ready to tell my story.
Heritage High School should be shut down and remain closed for NOT ending bullying and sexual assaults. The faculty just wants to turn a blind eye to the bad things that happen within their walls.
Good for him!! Those school administrators need to be fired!! They are violating his 1st Amendment. He has a right to his opinion and it sounds like he has facts. #walkout #letcharleswalk
My granddaughter in Michigan is seeing the same at her public high school. She has been bullied since 6th grade. Tall, blonde hair, dark blue eyes, a very kind girl. She has been tormented for nothing.
My kid was having her snacks stolen out of her backpack. My other kid was being pushed and having her hair pulled in kindergarten by girls in her class whose parents worked at the school. Luckily, right after that the virus hit and they never went back. This next year they aren't giving an option for online only school for elementary.
He didn’t say anything that everyone doesn’t already know. I don’t think walking across the stage it’s going to be the highlight of his senior year. When I graduated I hated it. I don’t like calling attention to myself and I don’t like being the center of attention so walking across the stage which was actually a baseball field coming from the band up steps across the riser shaking hands was just a calamity waiting to happen for me. The speech is the highlight of his year and probably his entire high school time. He did good.
As a person who attends public middle school this is very true and it is in highs school to it's sad that no actions are taken for this to be solved like schools let alot of shit slide and it's sad to see people go thru these things that school causes some kids don't have a person to talk to at all and it's worse with people touching u and talking about u and school let's it slide sadly I hope they get justice matter of fact I hope everyone gets justice
He gets in trouble for speaking up about issues at the school. See something, say something, they say. Then what? Watch as NOTHING gets done about it? During my freshman year at Mojave high in Nevada, the older kids made it absolute hell for me because I was a freshman.
Sorry, I wish this calloused indifference to bullying was confined to high schools. Working for lawmakers, 2 of which were bullies, one a sexual harasser, to me & some other staffers, I got the same cold-shoulder-there's-the-door response when I reported it.
They can’t do that. They just decided to do it to stop him because they wanted to be petty. I would’ve walked anyway. Collected the diploma and kept walking out
This is deplorable.. You can tell that he is a good kid, and seeing this is sad,,,school staff need to do more, and take these matters seriously, but many times they dont.don't.. and they try to bully this kid after his speech, which is not cool at all..WHen schools and districts sweep things under the rug,,,they get a better score...for example only 18% of students at so and so high-school have experienced bullies,,,,when in reality it's 72% have... but now they come across as a better school and GET A HIGHER RATING, and become a more desired school for others to attend,,,and in a speech or literature they say 18% is too high,,and we keep working on taking it down to zero...The reality is, is that this lacks integrity, it hurts kids, and is a very SHADY PRACTICE..
It’s all about the kids as long as they’re seen and not heard 😝 The administration should be disciplined not the young man. By banning him they’re proving his point. Does any one give the school’s statement any merit ? I definitely do not.
How do you get inaccuracies when you state "your own view of the facts?" I believe the school boards accounting of the facts were different. It is not unheard of to have organizations minimalizing events to cover their own asses.
Something... Similar happened to my dad. Grandpa went to the school and jammed the barrel of a 32 caliber browning pistol he took of a german officer in ww2 into the principles mouth where they had a calm respectful discussion of whether my dad would be allowed to walk his 8th grade graduation. Dad walked, the principle quit.
Even if it was an inaccurate statement (which I highly doubt it was), he didn't threaten anyone. That was his opinion, and they shouldn't take away his walking at the school because of that.
Let me guess, school board was all over 70 years old or they were Karen’s and their kids were the bullies. I understand a kid has to learn to stand up for themselves, but these schools need to teach kids that. Instead they teach them that they are invalid.
What do you mean by stand up for themselves? It's their job to make their establishment safe otherwise they're being neglectful and students shouldn't go there.
Ha I've seen this school he hit some of the points but this school has way more issues then what he even got in trouble for saying, then again that whole district is garbage and all the schools have major issues this one being one of the worst
Discipline? For what?
There was no profanity in the speech. He just stated his opinion, in a speech he was authorized to give. He did not violate any school board policy.
Two words..."Cancel Culture."
That’s the problem....he spoke the truth.
@@insomniac2340 bad people try hiding their wrongs
Right! They violated him
This is how people who speak out get treated.
He blew the whistle on them for allowing bullying. So the school administration bullied him.
In their actions of pullinmg him into a conference room and surrounding him actually proved his allegation of bullying!!
"this school supports bullying and defending bullies...."
School proceeds to pull him into a secluded room, surround him, and use his right to walk at graduation and other punishments to extort a redaction of his speech from him.
School: "No bullying or condoning it to be seen here people, move along"
no they do not want to do what needs to be done
Yep
There is now war in Ba Sing Se
Public high school was a Hell hole in the 1970's. I can imagine what it is now.
Not all public high schools are bad but yah some need to be supervised
I can vouch that it is still a hell hole
Bad
It's a hell hole
It's not a hell hole, It is all of the nine circles of Hell itself.
Disciplinary? He’s out of that school..what can you do LOL..
Maybe tell his parents to do something or like tell his college? I don't know, it's really stupid.
@@superbattledroid6481 a school that shitty probably can't contact any half decent collage
@@Unknownz000 LOL!
@@Unknownz000 I see you…
Lawsuit
This is the problem. So many schools put up a facade and show to the public that their environment is “safe” and “student-friendly” when in reality so much more is happening behind the scenes. It’s pathetic, really. I’m in 10th grade now and these things have really happened to me. Yet my school decides that they don’t want to take the initiative and do something about it.
You should tell a family member who you think will complain
Btw I love your picture
How are you now?
schools don’t CARE. they just wanna make sure they report to your parents so the responsibility is off of them. my entire hs admin team knew i was assaulted. they did nothing but suggest EYE, ME THE VICTIM, leave school
@@Cacowninja I’ve been perfectly fine, thank you for asking :)
I bet the football team was good. That is all matters these days.
I went to that school it’s actually really bad and we only win like 2 games per ssn 😭😂😂
literally
@@kathynguyen550 Yeah same. I played on the school football team for a year and not only did our team suck, my teammates were just asshats
I wish all their athletics the best of luck!
@Tobert Tate This comment is the definition of sad
They really said "if the student doesn't like our solutions, we'll just punish them instead."
I agree with him about the bullying anyone else
@Ben HOLY SHIT LMFAOOOOOO
@Ben This is somewhat bullying....
He killed it! This guy deserves a medal I give him props to his speach every word he said was real. I hate the school system teachers and staff like to cover shit up and like to act dumb as if they never noticed or knew shit was going.
Damn, man!
School don't matter
They didn’t like hearing the truth about the school they ineffectively run. They make empty threats of “discipline” yet that person has now graduated.
I graduated in 1966 and even back then the school swept everything unflattering under the table. Not doing the walk is the only thing they could come up with.
He can now bring in an attorney to speak with the school board and talk about restitutions!
Stay strong young man. You have a bright future. High school is a blur. A phase. It'll pass. What you did by speaking out and taking a stand, know that it'll change lives.
I don't plan on going to my graduation. I have been to so many being in band. You basically just listen to what the school wants people to say, and nothing that actually happened in the school year. During 10th grade, a senior was injured from other students. The senior got in trouble for defending himself against them. A teacher was found to be sexually harassing the girls in his gym class. He wasn't fired for 4 years. A teacher failed every boy in their class just for existing, and gave every girl a passing grade despite not doing any work. A student had their entire backpack worth of stuff stolen. The teachers randomly searched every student's lockers. And my sister got her inhaler confiscated at some point because they thought it was drugs. I was assaulted during lunch, and reprimanded until cops sided with me as the victim. A student nearly killed someone and was just scolded. A bathroom was destroyed by a student, and was only given a 2 day suspension for it. The teachers treat you like you will amount to nothing, and only help you if you are an a or b student. Not even helping the students who are actually struggling.
Why should i walk my graduation, when the school has done nothing but cause me problems and has proven to give up on anyone who needs help?
This happened at our school... All they cared about was keeping their stupid gym floor clean for basketball games.
The system is corrupt people
Society knows but they won’t fix the system because they are corrupted as well
It's just that many people are intimidated by the system, and they don't want to fix it because they think they'll get in big trouble. I can personally say, the system doesn't intimidate me, and I'm assuming you guys aren't intimidated by it either.
Look at our highest government. Bullying is allowed in America
And this was in Canada, so your point is?
@@TheCelticSeer the point is..Canada is even under a bigger bully.
It's is going to back fire for ever country.
Dumbass forgot the country this was in lmao
@@jeobroeden2495 Canada is part of America (the continent) so nice job calling him a dumbass when you don't even get it.
This kid is gonna go far in life👏👏
Hes a future bum.
Debbie says sitting at a computer while her husband is working.
@@ZenfulFenix 😂
I'll never buy anything he tries to sell, and BTW, tall men think they have a DARWIN ADVANTAGE, and are BETTER than short men!
@@queenbee3647 Queenbee, how’s unemployment a year later?
I went to Mountain View HS in the same town. Even back in 2009, Heritage was famous for how bad the bullying was and how school officials didn’t care.
It’s sad no progress has been made.
I was bullied so much that I didn't even go to the ceremony and cremated the diploma
Sorry about what happened to you.
I'm so proud of this kid!! 🙌💜
Adults who want to control people, and don't care about anything but a paycheck, shame on them!
This school needs to be investigated. Oh scary can't walk at Graduation.I would expect that he received his diploma before that then. School closes there eyes to the negativity all the time. School leaders need to step up and do their jobs they are hired for or get out.
They should name this school as Bullying Heritage School!
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Bravo young man for speaking for those who have been ignored. The District responded with their own Bullying tactics by threats of with holding something he earned. His speech has nothing to do with his school classroom performance that earned him that Diploma.. it shows you that do not forget ADULTS MAKE THE BEST BULLIES, THEN THEY PASS IT ON... YOUNG MAN KEEP GIVING A VOICE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ONE OR WON'T BE HEARD.....
Resolution? What does he need to resolve? The school administrators are literally bullying this kid!
i wish i had stood up when we were restricted on subject choices and asked the deputy head who he thought the school was for.
In spite of their public posturing, school officials almost never take action.
I was tortured by a female principle from my high school when she accepted me to live in her home with her husband "Athletic Director" and two kids. Rio Grande City, TX 🇺🇸 She was also a member of the Catholic church...
Getting ready to tell my story.
Thanks for the like... Means a lot to me.
Why are they interviewing him at a rough house?
@Ben YOURE SLAUGHTERING EVERYONE IN THESE REPLIES CHILLLLLLLLL
Bullies defend bullies. I'm not surprised.
Friendly reminder: when you punish people for speaking out, that is an admission of guilt!
I was a victim of bullying in my school and he said exactly what happened. They take the side of the bullies instead of the victims.
Freedom of speech, but only if you agree with us and be a good little student -Schools
Heritage High School should be shut down and remain closed for NOT ending bullying and sexual assaults. The faculty just wants to turn a blind eye to the bad things that happen within their walls.
Government Nanny 'education' is not what it's cracked up to be. Homeschool your precious children!
Good for him!! Those school administrators need to be fired!! They are violating his 1st Amendment. He has a right to his opinion and it sounds like he has facts.
#walkout
#letcharleswalk
My granddaughter in Michigan is seeing the same at her public high school. She has been bullied since 6th grade. Tall, blonde hair, dark blue eyes, a very kind girl. She has been tormented for nothing.
He was very articulate and us well within his right to walk with his class. He just proved himself right when the school retaliated.
My 5 year old was bullied and stolen from. The school district didn't care. They denied it all. Another little girl was almost stabbed with a pencil.
My kid was having her snacks stolen out of her backpack. My other kid was being pushed and having her hair pulled in kindergarten by girls in her class whose parents worked at the school. Luckily, right after that the virus hit and they never went back. This next year they aren't giving an option for online only school for elementary.
Did you take your kid out of that school?
He didn’t say anything that everyone doesn’t already know. I don’t think walking across the stage it’s going to be the highlight of his senior year. When I graduated I hated it. I don’t like calling attention to myself and I don’t like being the center of attention so walking across the stage which was actually a baseball field coming from the band up steps across the riser shaking hands was just a calamity waiting to happen for me. The speech is the highlight of his year and probably his entire high school time. He did good.
Awesome. This a man we need on the school board. You scared n shook up the adults on school board.
I applaud this young man for his bravery and courage 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
As a person who attends public middle school this is very true and it is in highs school to it's sad that no actions are taken for this to be solved like schools let alot of shit slide and it's sad to see people go thru these things that school causes some kids don't have a person to talk to at all and it's worse with people touching u and talking about u and school let's it slide sadly I hope they get justice matter of fact I hope everyone gets justice
Are you getting bullied?
What an amazing selfless act!
He gets in trouble for speaking up about issues at the school. See something, say something, they say. Then what? Watch as NOTHING gets done about it? During my freshman year at Mojave high in Nevada, the older kids made it absolute hell for me because I was a freshman.
You go boy!!
Welcome to school. Bullying has always been around.
the school's response to his claims of bullying: take it back or else!
Well I mean he’s not wrong
So true 40 years ago as well. I would love to meet my bully today
You are one sick puppy. I have learned there will always be people who either were born to be jerks or learned it from someone else.
Sounds right... School districts don't wanna talk about this.
Sorry, I wish this calloused indifference to bullying was confined to high schools. Working for lawmakers, 2 of which were bullies, one a sexual harasser, to me & some other staffers, I got the same cold-shoulder-there's-the-door response when I reported it.
my school allowed a student to walk free after assaulting girls bc his parents donate so much money to the school
They can’t do that. They just decided to do it to stop him because they wanted to be petty. I would’ve walked anyway. Collected the diploma and kept walking out
His speech made me cry idk why but it did
Their mistake was messing with a Chandler.
He must be right n must be true. Good for you kid.
My school if your family didn't have money you were definitely invisible preps got to get away with everything
Teachers and staff have an over inflated opinion of themselves in high school.
Wow, good for him!!!
He did his thang! Because a lot of kids K!LL themselves because of this same reason. Schools don’t really give a damn! SMH
I think he should be able to walk! Someone has to speak up, and he did. Whistle blowers shouldn’t be punished.
This is deplorable.. You can tell that he is a good kid, and seeing this is sad,,,school staff need to do more, and take these matters seriously, but many times they dont.don't.. and they try to bully this kid after his speech, which is not cool at all..WHen schools and districts sweep things under the rug,,,they get a better score...for example only 18% of students at so and so high-school have experienced bullies,,,,when in reality it's 72% have... but now they come across as a better school and GET A HIGHER RATING, and become a more desired school for others to attend,,,and in a speech or literature they say 18% is too high,,and we keep working on taking it down to zero...The reality is, is that this lacks integrity, it hurts kids, and is a very SHADY PRACTICE..
Doesn't matter if he got blocked from walking. He still graduated.
It’s all about the kids as long as they’re seen and not heard 😝
The administration should be disciplined not the young man.
By banning him they’re proving his point. Does any one give the school’s statement any merit ?
I definitely do not.
Good for him!!! He did the right thing!
School authorities in today’s schools are WAY OUT OF CONTROL
“Restorative resolution” or punishment. 🤔
0:08 Damnit Jennifer!! Let him talk!!
Praise to this guy!
When that type of bullying happens at school, going live on Twitter, Facebook and TH-cam is a wonderful tool.
Resolution or disciplinary action sounds like a threat….
That is so dumb
It says that this happened three years ago. Was any action taken?
So what finally happened? School Board reaction? Did the kid sue? Did anyone else stand up to support his statements?
When a student does more than a whole school of staff
HE WAS RIGHT ON THE MARK
How do you get inaccuracies when you state "your own view of the facts?" I believe the school boards accounting of the facts were different. It is not unheard of to have organizations minimalizing events to cover their own asses.
a good citizen
Freedom of speech and a excellent case for a lawsuit against the school
Something... Similar happened to my dad. Grandpa went to the school and jammed the barrel of a 32 caliber browning pistol he took of a german officer in ww2 into the principles mouth where they had a calm respectful discussion of whether my dad would be allowed to walk his 8th grade graduation. Dad walked, the principle quit.
Even if it was an inaccurate statement (which I highly doubt it was), he didn't threaten anyone. That was his opinion, and they shouldn't take away his walking at the school because of that.
Hope a lawsuit is still possible. First amendment right to express any opinion even if it "hurts feelings."
Bullying in Harnett county schools too by teachers and gangs!!!
Let me guess, school board was all over 70 years old or they were Karen’s and their kids were the bullies. I understand a kid has to learn to stand up for themselves, but these schools need to teach kids that. Instead they teach them that they are invalid.
What do you mean by stand up for themselves? It's their job to make their establishment safe otherwise they're being neglectful and students shouldn't go there.
Speaking the truth
so we are told to speak up but not allowed to speak up
I hope he gets a lawyer. The school board is making a big mistake as usual.
this video will haunt this kid for the rest of his life, any and all employers will view him as a liability to their businesses.
Schools are currpted too. Damn this world.
Ha I've seen this school he hit some of the points but this school has way more issues then what he even got in trouble for saying, then again that whole district is garbage and all the schools have major issues this one being one of the worst
The "resolution" was to be silenced. Gkad he didny go for it.
Start them young and maybe they will keep their mouths shut for good, huh?
Thank you Charles!!!
Commie sympathizers in education need to go yesterday!!!
Slay it brother!
Free speech THIS IS AMERICA😠😠
May I ask if he got to walk?
Good work young man