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 Parents outraged at workshop asking 8th graders if... Parents in one Allegheny County school district are furious over a “kindness workshop” held at a middle school in which eighth graders were asked deeply personal questions in front of their classmates, including whether they are homosexual and if their parents have been to jail. More 
 
 "I think there are unintended consequences, and those consequences could have been potentially avoided had we vetted the questions, and planned the workshop with parents,” said Superintendent Dr. Jerri Lippert. 
 
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 The school district held a meeting Tuesday night to address concerns after receiving several parental complaints following the "Kindness Workshop" -- a story Pittsburgh's Action News 4 broke last week. 
 
 Prior to Tuesday's meeting, the district sent parents and the media a two-page letter defending the workshop and listing what it said were 16 facts backing up the curriculum and the decision to present it to students in the eighth grade. 
 
 The letter stated that most students seemed to enjoy the workshop and that many of the parents who complained did not have students who were part of the workshop. The district also stated that parents were mailed a letter in advance giving them the choice to opt out of the workshop. The also said kids did not have to participate. 
 
 Specifically, the letter said, "The majority of student feedback indicated that the workshop was positive, thought provoking and impactful." It went on to say that "very few parents called the school to voice their concerns and gain a better understanding of the activities in the workshop." 
 
 The meeting began with West Allegheny School Community Relations Coordinator Karen Ruhl barring the media from attending, explaining that it was a "parents only" meeting. However, state Rep. Mark Mustio was allowed inside without being a parent of an eighth-grader at the school. 
 
 Mustio declined Pittsburgh's Action News 4's repeated requests for comment following the meeting. 
 
 Parents who exited the meeting were mostly irate. Not one parent who spoke with Pittsburgh's Action News 4 said they were satisfied with the district. However, some parents did say they believed those behind the plan had good intentions but did not execute the program very well. 
 
 One key issue was the opt-out letter mailed to parents. The district said it provided an opportunity to avoid the workshop and that only two parents even responded. However, many parents said they would have absolutely responded if the opt-out letter had better spelled out the questions their kids would be asked. 
 
 “The damage they’ve done to our kids. How do you fix it? How do you fix what’s already been done? All they’re doing is covering themselves," said Marie-Noelle Briggs. 
 
 Briggs has a son in eighth grade at the school. 
 
 “I never would expect a middle school to ask 13-year-old kids if their parent was in jail, if they’re same sex, if they're having financial issues," said Briggs. 
 
 For one activity, students were asked to hold multicolored masks over their faces and to step into the middle of the circle if: 
 
 -You identify as female 
 
 -You identify as male 
 
 -You identify as Asian, East Asian, East Indian, Pacific Islander, Laotian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian or Filipino 
 
 -You have one or more parents who did not go to college 
 
 -You or someone in your family is from another country 
 
 -You identify as Jewish or are of Jewish heritage 
 
 -You identify as African American or African descent 
 
 -You or someone close to you has been impacted by alcohol or drugs 
 
 -You or someone close to you identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender 
 
 -You or your family has ever worried about not having enough money 
 
 -You or someone close to you has been imprisoned 
 
 -You have ever heard anyone call someone a "fag" or say, "that's so gay" 
 
 Students were then prompted to answer discussion questions such as "What were some of the feelings that came up for you during this activity?" 
 
 “The actual questions were designed for students to have a greater understanding of, if somebody associates with being a certain religion, sexual orientation, those types of things, that if they use words, even in passing, they can actually hurt them,” Superintendent Lippert said. 
 
 The district wrote that variations of the activity have been presented by the "Hope Alliance," "Public Allies, Youth Communities," Rockwood Middle School, the "FireStarter Youth Power Curriculum" and "Training for Change." 
 
 Part of the curriculum was created by a local non-profit based in the Southside. Jessica Ruffin, the director of Public Allies Pittsburgh, said West Allegheny did not have their permission to use it but also, it's not meant for kids. 
 
 "Our curriculum as an AmeriCorps program, is designed to serve young adults. It's an adult learning curriculum for people over the age of 18 and definitely is inappropriate for middle school students," Ruffin said. 
 
 Public Allies said they have no "hard feelings" toward West Allegheny school district, they just wanted to clarify they weren't a direct contributor. 
 
 In a letter sent home to parents, the administration also said three other local school districts, New Brighton, South Side Area and Chartiers Valley, had used the same activity in previous years. But top officials for all three districts said they have never asked students personal, probing questions during such an exercise. 
 
 Lippert wouldn’t explain exactly who chose the questions, but said she is ultimately accountable for the workshop. She also said parents should have been involved in choosing the questions, or at least warned more fully about what was going to be asked. 
 
 “If we ever decided to do that activity again, we’d have a group of parents sit down, include the school psychologist, and have a broader vetting process,” Lippert said. “Every single person in that room is committed to addressing issues of bullying. And if we can find ways to work together, we’ll probably be more successful.” 
 
 Lippert said the questions and materials came from a group called Public Allies, which has an office in Pittsburgh, and all of it was age-appropriate. 
 
 A group of parents and relatives of West Allegheny Middle School students have contacted an attorney to sue the school district over the workshop. 
 
 Pamela Brosovic said she has a nephew in the eighth grade at the middle school. 
 
 “These parents are upset. Their children went home in tears," said Brosovic. 
 
 Brosovic said she has contacted a lawyer and has other parents on board to sue the district. 
 
 Attorney Robert Mielnicki confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 Tuesday night that he has been contacted by several parents who want to sue the district. 
 
 He said the "Kindness Workshop" may have been a legal problem under "intentional infliction of emotional distress," privacy violations or even civil rights violations. 
 
 “None of them got in a circle for me. I asked them to do the same thing they wanted the kids to do. Stand in a circle, put a mask on and stand in the circle and say all your problems," said Brosovic. 
 
 Brosovic said she asked district administrators and the board to participate in the same workshop the students were involved with. 
 
 District spokeswoman Karen Ruhl told Pittsbugh's Action News 4 the district would not comment on Tuesday's meeting until its conclusion. 
 
 However, at the end of the meeting, Ruhl declined multiple requests for comments and an interview. Lippert was not made available either. 
 
 School board president Debbie Mirich initially said she was tired and wanted to leave . 
 
 Mirich then read from a printed statement, which had been emailed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4: 
 
 "We are very pleased with the turnout this evening and we greatly appreciate any opportunity to engage with our parents to better service students of West Allegheny we do stand behind the intentions of the workshop and we look forward to continuing are (sic) work with parents to address the very serious issues of bullying and the unintentional acts that continue to marginalize different groups of students . We stand behind Dr Lippert and our administrative staff they have full bored (sic) support." 
 
 Mirich then declined WTAE's repeated requests for an interview to ask questions about what transpired during the meeting. 
 
 "Is this abnormal for reporters to try to ask questions?" asked Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Beau Berman. 
 
 "Yes, because our school district's never been put in a bad light like this," said Mirich. 
 
 "Are we putting you in a bad light? It's the parents who are upset," said Berman. 
 
 "Yeah, it's the parents, but it's just been a long week," said Mirich. 
 
 Mirich only began to answer questions after she became accidentally locked inside the middle school lobby along with Ruhl. 
 
 “We’ve just done it (the Kindness Workshop) this year with this eighth-grade class and no, we have no intentions of continuing this," said Mirich. 
 
 Mirich said she was not certain how many board members were in attendance at the meeting Tuesday, saying, "We did not sit together." 
 
 None of the board members contacted for comment by Pittsburgh's Action News 4 via email responded, except for Mirich. 
 
 When asked why district administrators were not commenting after the meeting, Ruhl repeatedly referenced the upcoming board meeting on Wednesday. 
 
 "You're more than welcome to come to the board meeting tomorrow," said Ruhl. 
 
 Mirich said the district is going to form committees with parents to "address some of these issues here." 
 
 She said the district did not vote on the "Kindness Workshop" prior to implementation. 
 
 "We put our faith in our administrative staff and our superintendent," said Mirich. 
 
 Some parents, such as Brosovic, have called for the superintendent to lose her job. 
 
 Danielle Bear, a parent, said she has a student in sixth grade and seventh grade at the middle school. 
 
 “They said they don’t want to come to school here for eighth grade," said Bear. 
 
 “I think it’s a horrible idea. It’s putting kids on the spot for things that parents are working through or maybe they don’t want them to know about," Bear added. 
 
 On social media, some questioned whether the workshop could lead students to feel pressured to reveal their sexuality or sexual preference. 
 
 “All they did was give the bullies more ammunition," said Briggs. 
 
 A school board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night. 
 
 Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Beau Berman will be at the meeting. Follow his Twitter (@BeauWTAE) for updates. Watch his report tonight at 11 p.m.
– A community in suburban Pittsburgh is grappling with the loss of a 12-year-old boy who committed suicide, his family says, because he was bullied. Evan Ziemniak of North Fayette, Pa., hanged himself on March 23 and was declared dead at a nearby hospital, the New York Daily News reports. Hundreds attended a prayer walk in his honor three days later, and teachers and police officers went to his funeral, but the spotlight has fallen on apparent bullying at West Allegheny Middle School. The suicide "was his response to stop the pain," Evan's grandmother, Debbie Long, tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Long says Evan was shoved and stabbed with pencils on the school bus, and others in his family say bullying continued throughout the day. They told the school about it several times, they say, to no effect. School officials admit they need a better anti-bullying policy, but an optional "Kindness Workshop" for eighth-graders in January triggered a backlash when it left some students in tears, WTAE reported at the time. The workshop had students cover their faces with multicolored masks and answer personal questions by standing in a circle; some questions involved sexual orientation and family problems. "The damage they've done to our kids," said an angry parent. "All they did was give the bullies more ammunition." Now Evan—who loved animals, Minecraft, and collecting old coins and antiques—is forcing his community to face a hard issue. The implications "are far-reaching," says Evan's father, Matt. He and his wife "are prepared to do what is necessary to make sure other parents do not have to face the worst tragedy a parent could ever face." (The family of a bullied teen sued his town when he committed suicide.)