Pennsylvania teacher running for Congress slams district’s response to middle schoolers’ TikTok abuse: ‘They chose to hide’

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 Pennsylvania teacher running for Congress slams district’s response to middle schoolers’ TikTok abuse: ‘They chose to hide’
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An hour outside of Philly, at the end of the city’s wealthy Main Line, is the suburb of Malvern, Pa., where Great Valley Middle School students carried out an online harassment campaign against their teachers via TikTok.

Houlahan did not acknowledge that her GOP opponent was one of the teachers victimized by fraudulent TikTok posts — something Young was quick to capitalize on.“Instead she starts with, ‘As a former chemistry teacher,’ Young added. “She quit after one year and didn’t follow through on her Teach for America contract.”

Teacher’s union president Nikki Salvatico was also there to make their position clear: the students’ actions should not be dismissed as protected speech under the First Amendment. Young thinks a handful of students were briefly suspended because teachers remained persistent with both the district and their union — despite both wanting to avoid escalating the situation.

As for action to prevent similar abuse in the future, Young says teachers and parents need a seat at the table. He expressed concerns about government-mandated social-media restrictions for children — like Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate

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