[Evans, Marv]

Having taught in a rough area, I saw a lot of attempts at bullying. The other teachers (except for maybe one) just let it pass and ignored it. I always intervened. One time there was a mexican kid bullying a philippino kid in class, and I put a stop to it. A few minutes later the philippino kid left class and about ten minutes after that 5 philippino kids walked into class & headed for the mexican kid. I was team teaching and got up immediately and grabbed two by the collar and told my team teacher to do the same while I was headed for the Principal's office (a woman). The 3 other kids chased the mexican kid around in the classroom for a while and my team teacher just stood there and told them to stop it. In the Principal's office, she just informed the two I brought in they couldn't go to school there if they acted that way. I told her she they weren't students and she had to get the police involved or there would be a bunch of gang action the next day or later that afternoon. She continued on with her line of talking & I left. The next morning there was a big gang fight on the street beside the school. Basically what it boils down to is most people don't want the problem and don't have the guts to face it. Administrators at a school don't want to draw attention to it because it might look to those higher up they don't have control of things. At least, as a result of that, we all got phones installed in the classrooms.