More than a dozen players are facing punishments after reports of bullying incidents at Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Kyle, Texas, with 10 players and one staff member suspended in connection to the incidents so far.
As reported by Peter L. Scamardo II of MySA, members of the Lehman High School baseball team in Kyle are facing allegations of a "potentially serious pattern of bullying." Parents first brought their concerns to campus administration and the campus-based school resource officer on April 7, launching an investigation.
Members of both the varsity and junior varsity baseball teams at Lehman were involved, according to a Hays CISD release. The joint investigation by administration and the Hays County Sheriff's Office determined that "some of the alleged activity may rise beyond a school disciplinary matter and constitute criminal activity."
The Lehman baseball team forfeited its game against Liberty Hill on Friday. A decision regarding the final two weeks of the season is pending.
"Bullying of any kind is intolerable," Hays CISD superintendent Eric Wright said in the release, as reported by MySA. "It goes against everything we are about at Lehman High School and in Hays CISD. Our school district family protects and nurtures each other. We establish high expectations for ourselves - our staff and our students - because that is our character. Let our swift action on this case demonstrate that we will not allow bullying and that those who test that demand will meet with swift and serious consequences."
This is the third bullying incident to surface around Central Texas sports teams within the past three years, Scamardo reported.
