Mike Resch chastised the board for their inaction on bullying at Thursday's meeting. At Thursday's school board meeting, Columbia resident Mike Resch commented publicly about bullying in the district. He told how his wife stopped a bully who was beating up another student just off school property. According to Resch, the victim, who had a “fat lip,” told his wife that it was the fourth or fifth time he had been beaten by the same bully. He said his wife then called the police, who responded and told her not to get involved. Stills from a video of the assault referred to by Mike Resch “I'm not going to stand and wait for the police to come when a child's getting beaten,” Resch said. Resch then referred to the many emotional pleas from residents who had spoken at the meeting. “Everything I'm hearing from these people – and the emotion that you feel coming out of them – these things have to be true,” he said. Resch then turned his attention to D...
