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It’s their moment, it’s for them,” said Jones, now a senior managing director at Teach for America. “I really allow kids to say what they want to say. The New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act, passed in 2011, requires that a superintendent of schools report to the board of education “all acts of violence, vandalism, and harassment, intimidation, or bullying” occurring in school settings. And here was a golden opportunity to let a star student shine for the ways in which he enriches the school environment.”įormer Camden High School principal Alex Jones said while it is “definitely typical” for an administrator to review those speeches, he thinks Tull may have violated anti-bullying policies. “You might be legally allowed to,” said Shalom, “but this isn’t the way to run a school. (Emily Liu/Sun Newspapers) ‘Missing an opportunity’Īccording to American Civil Liberties Union attorney Alex Shalom, schools have “broad authority” to regulate student commencement speeches. Robert Tull salutatorian Arianna Reischer Bryce Dershem and Superintendent Robert Cloutier pose for pictures at the Eastern Regional High School commencement in Voorhees, N.J. On June 17, from left to right: Eastern principal Dr.
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Tull did not respond to requests for comment Eastern Camden County Regional School Superintendent Robert Cloutier said the district solicitor is conducting “a very thorough investigation” that involves “tracing the full history of every version of the speech.” In the wake of the media blitz that followed - including stories in The New York Times and The Washington Post and an appearance on “Good Morning, America” - Dershem said he also received messages of support from all over the world. the morning of graduation,” said Ravel, “I saw that the number of people who were willing to cheer for Bryce had gone from just us to 40 or 50 people … It filled us with so much joy.”Īfter delivering his original speech, Dershem received a tearful hug from a teacher whose child had died by suicide during the pandemic. He’d memorized his version of the seven-minute speech, and he and his best friend, Eastern senior Ria Ravel, 18, had reached out to classmates through social media before graduation day and asked them to chant “Let him speak!” should someone try to censor him. (Courtesy of the Dershem family)ĭershem was ready. On June 17, Bryce Dershem and his father Michael Dershem pose for pictures at the Eastern Regional High School commencement in Voorhees, NJ.
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