Several students including football players have been suspended from Seattle's Chief Sealth High School in connection with threatening text messages talking about raping female students. Principal Ray Garcia Morales sent families a letter Thursday evening saying the school took immediate action after students and parents voiced their concerns.
Thursday evening saying the school took immediate action after students and parents voiced their concerns. FOX 13 spoke with students, due to being minors we're not naming them. A 14-year-old ninth grade student said it started with a group chat "full of sophomore boys from the football team" and those conversations were then posted on Instagram.
The explicit conversations allegedly were written by student athletes talking about several teen girls. The nature has taken students and parents, like John Saiz who drops off and picks up his 14-year-old daughter Jrue daily, by surprise."It makes the school feel like a dangerous place and I don't really feel safe here around them in the halls either," Jrue said. Heading to practice, players and a coach told FOX 13 those involved have been suspended.
Principal Ray Garcia Morales declined to interview. However; Seattle Public Schools says athletic leaders are developing a plan to prevent sexual harassment and as offering support to the students who were subject of these messages. The school and the district support the student's rights to express their views in a peaceful manner, including assembly and peaceful protest.
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