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"A family is demanding Jefferson County Public Schools protect a middle school student from bullies.The 11-year-old boy was a sixth-grader at Thomas Jefferson Middle School during the 2011-12 school year.He claimed students used homophobic slurs after he tried out for the cheerleading team, causing him to try to commit suicide.He now attends Olmsted North Academy, but the family said the bullying has not stopped.\"I don't really have the patience for it. And that's why I came to see them, because if anything else happens, JCPS is not going to be able to handle what's going to come with it. I'm not going to lose my son because they're negligent of some kids,\" said the child's mother, Bekishia Cosby.\"The time has come that no student in the Jefferson County Public Schools should be bullied or harassed by anyone, period. In other words, if we're going to err, let's err on the side of caution, so we don't have any other episode of any student in the Jefferson County Public Schools, or nationwide, trying to harm themselves because they've been the target of vulgar bullying,\" said family attorney Ted Gordon.A court hearing will be held Friday to decide what action, if any, the school must take to protect the boy."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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