Guilford High Grad 'Will Not Be Silent' Over Bullying Concerns

GUILFORD, CT — Kaileigh Roby said she "will not be silent" concerning her allegations that Guilford High School administrators failed to protect victims of bullying and even insinuated that the victims were instigators.

"Guilford High School is not a safe space for children when it comes to bullying." Roby, who is now a college freshman, wrote in a letter to the New Haven Register, which has gone viral and has been the news publications most read story of the week.

In the letter, she condemns school administrators for failing to make the High School a "safe learning environment." On countless times, Roby said victims of bullying never received help. Roby said she was bullied her freshmen year and even describes being physically threatened and pushed up against a wall.

Roby told Fox 61 that an administrator, who investigated her complaint, essentially blamed her and insinuated she started the trouble. She said she never saw a bully disciplined.

"It is your duty to stop bullying at the source. Why don’t you? Why do you make the victims out to be actors, and the bullies to be no problem at all?" Roby wrote in her letter to the New Haven Register. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Superintendent of Schools Paul Freeman told Fox 61 in a brief statement that “Any reports of bullying are taken seriously, investigated completely and acted upon appropriately."

>>>Read Roby's full letter at the New Haven Register.

>>>Watch Fox 61's video broadcast of Roby's story.